PREHENSIONS Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

prehensions

noun

plural of prehension

as in perceptions

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But that doesn’t mean the bonds and awakenings that have been sown won’t grow in their own ways, whether in terms of enduring perceptions or travels to or from here to other nations or inspiring future leaders.

— Vahe Gregorian July 4, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
By the same token, new information and messaging can help modify or entirely erase such limiting perceptions.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026

Definition of perceptions

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The thread of citizen rights and responsibilities weaves through each of these, uniting evolving conceptions of freedom, self-government, and individual achievement from the nation’s past through to its present.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 July 2026
Thus, the cisgendered body and heterosexuality are a dynamic instead of a foundation to our conceptions of Black motherhood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026

Definition of conceptions

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The ruling has long been criticized as out of step with basic understandings of the law, and the court later refused to extend the exemption to other sports, including football, basketball and boxing.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 July 2026
The Constitution’s language ruled out neither of those understandings.

— Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026

Definition of understandings

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Any apprehensions about whether a first-time collaboration between Hartford’s two largest self-producing theaters — Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks Hartford — could gel smoothly enough to grasp all the nuances of this challenging work are dispelled immediately by the opening number.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026
Nearly 25% of parents who track their adult children said the monitoring could sometimes magnify their apprehensions rather than give them reassurance, according to the poll.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 15 June 2026

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