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perspicacity
Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding.
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  1. Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding.
  2. The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly.
discernment
To distinguish between things.
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  1. To distinguish between things.
  2. Keenness of insight and judgment.
  3. The power of discerning; keen perception or judgment; insight; acumen
shrewdness
The quality of being shrewd.
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  1. The quality of being shrewd.
  2. An invented collective name for a group of apes.
wisdom
Wise discourse or teaching
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  1. Wise discourse or teaching
  2. The quality of being wise; power of judging rightly and following the soundest course of action, based on knowledge, experience, understanding, etc.; good judgment; sagacity
  3. (Bible) Wisdom of Solomon.
acumen
Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight:
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  1. Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight:
  2. Keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a situation; shrewdness
astuteness
The quality of being astute.
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  1. The quality of being astute.
discernment
The ability to distinguish; judgement.
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  1. The ability to distinguish; judgement.
  2. The act or process of exhibiting keen insight and good judgment.
  3. To distinguish between things.
discrimination
The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
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  1. The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
  2. Partiality, or bias, in the treatment of a person or group, which is unfair, illegal, etc.
  3. The act of denying rights, benefits, justice, equitable treatment, or access to facilities available to all others, to an individual or group of people because of their race, age, gender, handicap or other defining characteristic. See also reverse discrimination. The act of denying rights, benefits, justice, equitable treatment, or access to facilities available to all others, to an individual or group of people because of their race, age, gender, handicap or other defining characteristic. See also reverse discrimination.
eye
(Anatomy) The vertebrate organ of sight, composed of a pair of fluid-filled spherical structures that occupy the orbits of the skull. Incoming light is refracted by the cornea of the eye and transmitted through the pupil to the lens, which focuses the image onto the retina.
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  1. (Anatomy) The vertebrate organ of sight, composed of a pair of fluid-filled spherical structures that occupy the orbits of the skull. Incoming light is refracted by the cornea of the eye and transmitted through the pupil to the lens, which focuses the image onto the retina.
  2. A choice center cut of meat, as of beef:
  3. A brood.
nose
The part of the human face between the mouth and the eyes, having two openings and cavities behind them for breathing and smelling
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  1. The part of the human face between the mouth and the eyes, having two openings and cavities behind them for breathing and smelling
  2. The sense of smell:
  3. The ability to detect, sense, or discover as if by smell:
percipiency
The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.
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  1. The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.
perspicacity
Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding.
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  1. Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding.
  2. The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly.
sageness
The property of being sage.
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  1. The property of being sage.
shrewdness
The quality of being shrewd.
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  1. The quality of being shrewd.
  2. An invented collective name for a group of apes.
wit
The ability to express oneself intelligently in a playful or humorous manner, often in overturning audience expectations:
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  1. The ability to express oneself intelligently in a playful or humorous manner, often in overturning audience expectations:
  2. A person noted for this ability, especially in conversation:
  3. (Obs.) The mind
insight
A clear understanding of the inner nature of some specific thing
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  1. A clear understanding of the inner nature of some specific thing
  2. The ability to see and understand clearly the inner nature of things, esp. by intuition
  3. The ability to discern the true nature of a situation, especially by intuition.
profundity
Intensity of feeling or conviction.
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  1. Intensity of feeling or conviction.
  2. Great intellectual insight or understanding:
  3. A profound idea, matter, etc.
sageness
The property of being sage.
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  1. The property of being sage.
wisdom
Wise discourse or teaching
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  1. Wise discourse or teaching
  2. The quality of being wise; power of judging rightly and following the soundest course of action, based on knowledge, experience, understanding, etc.; good judgment; sagacity
  3. (Bible) Wisdom of Solomon.
Find another word for sagacity. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for sagacity, like: perspicacity, discernment, shrewdness, wisdom, acumen, judgment, acumen, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discernment and discrimination.

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  • This discovery was not accidental or unforeseen, but was due to the sagacity of those who designed the voyage.

  • This Dr Parkman, a man of rare sagacity and exquisite humour, was the father of Francis Parkman, the historian.

  • Their predominant and constant characteristic is a sober sagacity which instinctively judges aright and imperturbably realized its inspirations.

  • By his political sagacity and moderation Manfred won a strong party to his side and helped Conrad to subjugate the rebellious barons.

  • To the inventive activity of the discoverer he had already united the patient skill of the observer and the practical sagacity of the experimentalist.

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