perspicacity
per·spi·cac·i·ty (pûr
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n.
Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding.
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Noun |
1. |
perspicacity – intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business – the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; “computers are now widely used in business”intelligence – the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experiencecraftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness, craft – shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deceptioninsightfulness, acumen – shrewdness shown by keen insightknowingness – shrewdness demonstrated by knowledgestreet smarts – a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment |
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perspicacity – the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusionstrait – a distinguishing feature of your personal natureobjectiveness, objectivity – judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudicessubjectiveness, subjectivity – judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts |