PERCEPTIVENESS

perceptiveness

(noun) the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding

discernment, perceptiveness

(noun) perception of that which is obscure

taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness

(noun) delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); “arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success”; “to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste”

insight, perceptiveness, perceptivity

(noun) a feeling of understanding

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

perceptiveness (uncountable)

The state of being perceptive; acumen, discernment, insight

Source: Wiktionary



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