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Webster 1913 Edition


Proception

Pro-cep′tion

,
Noun.
[Pref.
pro-
+ L.
capere
to take.]
Preoccupation.
[Obs.]
Eikon Basilik[GREEK].

Webster 1828 Edition


Proception

PROCEP'TION

,
Noun.
Preoccupation. [Ill formed and not in use.]

Definition 2024


proception

proception

English

Noun

proception (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) according to the philosophy of Justus Buchler, the process of the development of a person's experience by the interaction of behaviour and the environment.[1]
  2. (biology) Sexual behaviour that leads to conception.[2] The term “proceptivity” was introduced into general sexological use by Frank A. Beach in 1976[3]

References

  1. OED (online) 2007
  2. OED (online) 2007
  3. Beach, F.A. 1976 Sexual attractivity, proceptivity, and receptivity in female mammals. Hormones and Behavior, 7:105-138.