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PERSPICACITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
Synonyms:
judgement; judgment; perspicacity; sound judgement; sound judgment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("perspicacity" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perspicacity"):
objectiveness; objectivity (judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices)
subjectiveness; subjectivity (judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
Synonyms:
astuteness; perspicaciousness; perspicacity; shrewdness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("perspicacity" is a kind of...):
intelligence (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)
Domain category:
business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perspicacity"):
craft; craftiness; cunning; foxiness; guile; slyness; wiliness (shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception)
acumen; insightfulness (shrewdness shown by keen insight)
knowingness (shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge)
street smarts (a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment)
Derivation:
perspicacious (acutely insightful and wise)
