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underperceive

verb

Etymology

From under- + perceive.

  1. derived from percipiō
  2. derived from percevoir
  3. inherited from perceyven
  4. prefixed as underperceive — “under + perceive”

Definitions

  1. To perceive to a lesser degree than actually exists.

    • The problem with this belief is that the public does not "see" much of this violence, because it is not graphic enough to offend them, so the public is greatly underperceiving the amount of violence to which they are exposed.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for underperceive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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