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Apercu

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A`per`cu´    (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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Noun1.apercu - a short synopsis
precis, synopsis, abstract, outline - a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
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Primitive Offensive (1982) gives readers of Dionne Brand's work an apercu of her psychic and historical journey into her people's past and present, equipping herself as it were for the bardic role that the communal artist must inevitably fill.
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