01 n. A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic.
pl.
Aperçus ((-sụ"))
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A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic.“The main object being to develop the several aperçus or insights which furnish the method of such psychology.” — W. T. Harris.“A series of partial and more or less disparate aperçus or outlooks; each for itself a center of experience.” — James Ward.
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2.
Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.