English > sagacity: 2 senses > noun 1, cognitionMeaning | 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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