perceptiveness

Noun

Meaning

delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)

perception of that which is obscure

a feeling of understanding

the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding

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Synonyms

taste insight appreciation discernment perceptivity sapience sense understanding intelligence distinction perception discrimination judgment sensitivity penetration
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Antonyms

difference contrast confusion mistake darkness ambiguity
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Hypernyms

perception discrimination sensitivity sensibility secernment sensitiveness

Hyponyms

vogue culture style trend discretion delicacy

Examples

arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success Source: Internet

to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste Source: Internet

I tip my hat to the script writers of South Park for their perceptiveness regarding the underlying ideology. Source: Internet

Lola’s hilariously grim Filipino folk stories weave in and out of Virgil’s mind, ultimately giving him the courage to stand up for himself; and rather than holding her back, Valencia’s deafness heightens her perceptiveness. Source: Internet

“Practical, convincing, and even startling in its perceptiveness! Source: Internet

Those people would be wrong not to trust the correctness and the perceptiveness of your impressions today. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

perceptive introspection perceptive viewer perceptively perceptivity perceptomotor perceptor