Meaning of PERSPICACITY
| Pronunciation: | | `purspu'kasutee
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- [n] the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
- [n] intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
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| | Synonyms: | | astuteness, judgement, judgment, perspicaciousness, shrewdness, sound judgement, sound judgment |
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| | See Also: | | acumen, craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, insightfulness, intelligence, knowingness, objectiveness, objectivity, slyness, street smarts, subjectiveness, subjectivity, trait, wiliness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Per`spi*cac"i*ty\, n. [L. perspicacitas: cf. F.
perspicacit['e]. See {Perspicacious}.]
The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of
intelligence; acute discernment. --Sir T. Browne.
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| | Related Terms: | | acuity, acumen, acuteness, apperception, astuteness, clear sight, cogency, color vision, cone vision, critical discernment, day vision, daylight vision, discernment, discrimination, eye, eye-mindedness, eyesight, farseeingness, farsight, farsightedness, field of view, field of vision, flair, foresight, foresightedness, horizon, incisiveness, insight, judgment, keen sight, keenness, ken, longheadedness, longsightedness, night vision, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, percipience, peripheral field, peripheral vision, perspicaciousness, perspicuity, perspicuousness, photopia, power of sight, providence, purview, quick sight, range, rod vision, sagaciousness, sagacity, scope, scotopia, seeing, sense of sight, sensibility, shrewdness, sight, sightedness, sweep, trenchancy, twilight vision, unobstructed vision, vision, visual acuity, visual field, visual sense, wit |
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