perception of reality

collocation in English

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perception
noun
uk
/pəˈsep.ʃən/us
/pɚ-/
a belief or opinion, often held by many people and based on how ...
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reality
noun
uk
/riˈæl.ə.ti/us
/riˈæl.ə.t̬i/
the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined ...
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(Definition ofperceptionandrealityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thus, soundscape listening can be interpreted as a strategy to organise theperceptionofrealityin a generally enhanced environment.
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But how many traditional peace activists, let alone labor unionists, really recognised theirperceptionofrealityin those intellectual postulates?
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Theperceptionofrealityis not mediated by the brain because the brain is included in reality.
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Symbolism encompassed divergent impulses linked by a common adversary: the rationalized, literalperceptionofreality.
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It encompasses the formulas for constructing a new culture as a house, a revolutionary society as an iron sculpture, and a newperceptionofrealityas a sequence of films.
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Presidency'sperceptionofrealitywas one that motivated logistical preparedness.
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My visit demonstrated to me the extent of the gulf between theperceptionofrealityand the reality in that part of the world.
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The contrast between the sneering and the public'sperceptionofrealityis interesting.
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It should be remembered that human beings operate not on reality but on ourperceptionofreality.
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If the facts staring them in the face do not bear any relation to theirperceptionofreality, they ignore them.
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Patterns of belief, language use andperceptionofrealitycan become disordered (e.g., delusions, thought disorder, hallucinations).
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They produce symbols unconsciously and spontaneously, for example in the form of dreams, and there are also unconscious aspects of theirperceptionofreality.
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So we need to look at who is the steadfast character that's going to alter the protagonist'sperceptionofreality.
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The distinctness and meaning of these metaphors constitute theperceptionofrealityas a whole, a necessary prerequisite for human orientation, thought and action.
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Holes aside, the narrative avant-garde explores theperceptionofreality, and does so though two main concepts: subjectivity and photognie.
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It typically manifests as an insatiable hunger that distorts the person'sperceptionofrealityand often results in various unhealthy behaviors and suffering.
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They direct ourperceptionofrealityand the encoding of memories.
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Early stages of human evolution possess an intuitiveperceptionofreality, including a clairvoyant perception of spiritual realities.
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As a result, the technology functions by enhancing ones currentperceptionofreality.
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Artists have the potential to advance a heightenedperceptionofrealityand by this process enhance both art and living, which are one.
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