apperception Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience

WordNet

Ap`per*cep"tion noun
Etymology
Pref. ad- + perception: cf. F. apperception.
Definitions
  1. (Metaph.) The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception. Leibnitz. Reid.
    This feeling has been called by philosophers the apperception or consciousness of our own existence. Sir W. Hamilton.

Webster 1913