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SAGACIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
Synonyms:
judiciousness; sagaciousness; sagacity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sagaciousness" is a kind of...):
wisdom; wiseness (the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight)
Derivation:
sagacious (skillful in statecraft or management)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
Synonyms:
discernment; judgement; judgment; sagaciousness; sagacity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sagaciousness" is a kind of...):
sapience; wisdom (ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sagaciousness"):
eye (good discernment (either visually or as if visually))
common sense; good sense; gumption; horse sense; mother wit; sense (sound practical judgment)
judiciousness (good judgment)
circumspection; discreetness; discretion; prudence (knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress)
indiscreetness; injudiciousness (lacking good judgment)
Derivation:
sagacious (acutely insightful and wise)
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