Apercu

Definition of Apercu

A`per`cu´   Pronunciation: å`pâr`s
n.1.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.
2.Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.

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abstract, outline, precis, synopsis
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