| NOUN | cognition | discernment, understanding, apprehension, savvy | the cognitive condition / condition of someone who understands |
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| cognition | discernment, taste, appreciation, perceptiveness | delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values) | |
| cognition | discernment, perceptiveness | perception of that which is obscure / obscure | |
| cognition | discernment, sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement | the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations | |
| attribute | discernment, discretion | the trait of judging wisely and objectively |
| Sounds | dihser'nmahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values). | |
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| Synonyms | taste, appreciation, perceptiveness | |
| Attributes | tasteful | Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming |
| tasteless | lacking aesthetic or social taste | |
| Narrower | culture | The tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group |
| delicacy, discretion | refined taste | |
| virtu, vertu, connoisseurship | love of or taste for fine objects of art | |
| vogue, trend, style | The popular taste at a given time | |
| Broader | discrimination, secernment | The cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished |
| Spanish | apreciación, discernimiento, gusto, perceptividad | |
| Catalan | apreciació, discerniment, gust | |
| Meaning | perception of that which is obscure / obscure. | |
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| Synonym | perceptiveness | |
| Broader | perception | knowledge gained by perceiving |
| Verbs | discern | detect with the senses |
| Meaning | The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations. | |
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| Synonyms | sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement | |
| Narrower | common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit | sound practical judgment |
| discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence | knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | |
| eye | Good discernment (either visually or as if visually) | |
| injudiciousness, indiscreetness | lacking good judgment | |
| judiciousness | Good judgment | |
| Broader | wisdom, sapience | ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight |
| Spanish | buen criterio, criterio, discernimiento, juicio | |
| Catalan | bon criteri, criteri, discerniment, judici | |
| Meaning | The trait of judging wisely and objectively. | |
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| Example | "a man of discernment" | |
| Synonym | discretion | |
| Narrower | circumspection, caution | The trait of being circumspect and prudent |
| prudence | discretion in practical affairs | |
| Broader | wisdom, wiseness | The trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight |
| Spanish | discernimiento, discrección, discreción | |
| Catalan | discerniment, discreció | |
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