1. people who perceive or become aware of something through the senses
Usage: formal; often used in psychology or philosophy

Examples

• The study examined how different percipients interpreted the same visual stimulus.
• Researchers interviewed multiple percipients to gather varied perspectives on the event.
• The psychologist noted that percipients often disagreed about what they had seen.
• In the experiment, percipients were asked to describe their sensory experiences.
• The reliability of percipients’ accounts varied significantly across the study.
• Each of the percipients provided a unique description of the phenomenon.