Be seen
Perceived
Perceived adjective - Detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues.
Be seen and perceived are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Be seen" instead an adjective "Perceived".
Nearby Words: perceive, perceiving
Both terms in one sentence
- Even simply describing the world as "Blue" could be seen as a world where nothing is perceived to be good and happy.
Source: Lyrical Dissonance / Electronic -
He openly threatens to kill his opponents over perceived slights, and even when standing in the club's midst could often be seen staring off to the side or at one of the others with a crazed look on his face.
Source: Wrestling / Bullet Club -
Ferris lampshades this when he threatens Hank Rearden with the public revelation of his affair with Dagny, mentioning that Rearden's own "conquest" would be perceived as normal, even admirable by some, while Dagny would be seen as a slut and be totally dishonoured.
Source: Literature / Atlas Shrugged
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