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noun
The state of being perceptive; acumen, discernment, insight
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unperceptiveness
Broader terms: sensitivity, sensitiveness
noun
perception of that which is obscure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: discernment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: perception
noun
delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: taste, appreciation, discernment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discrimination, secernment
Narrower terms: virtu, vertu, connoisseurship, vogue, trend, style, delicacy, discretion, culture
noun
a feeling of understanding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: insight, perceptivity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sensibility
History
Etymology tree English perceptive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English perceptiveness From perceptive + -ness.
