Perceived

/pəˈsiːvd/ · adjective

Meaning

Generally recognized to be true..

Definitions by Sense

1. Generally recognized to be true.
2. As seen or understood by someone.
3. simple past and past participle of perceive

Example Sentences

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore

In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

In product design, where one deals with real, physical objects, there can be both real and perceived affordances, and the two need not be the same.

Anger is a natural response in humans to perceived or actual threat or provocation.

The alert officer perceived a dim shape in the distance.

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