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perceptiveness

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perceptiveness in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. 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"
    taste  appreciation  discernment  perceptiveness 
  2. perception of that which is obscure
    discernment  perceptiveness 
  3. a feeling of understanding
    insight  perceptiveness  perceptivity 
  4. the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding
    perceptiveness 
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perceptiveness in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) The state of being perceptive; acumen, discernment, insight
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