Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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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