English > sagacity: 2 senses > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations. |
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| Synonyms | sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment |
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| Narrower | common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit | sound practical judgment |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | buen criterio, criterio, discernimiento, juicio |
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| Catalan | bon criteri, criteri, discerniment, judici |
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| Adjectives | sagacious | skillful in statecraft or management |
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