perceptiveness

noun

1. delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)

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arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success

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to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste

• Syn: ↑taste, ↑appreciation, ↑discernment

• Derivationally related forms: ↑perceptive

• Hypernyms: ↑discrimination, ↑secernment

• Hyponyms:

↑virtu, ↑vertu, ↑connoisseurship, ↑vogue, ↑trend, ↑style, ↑delicacy, ↑discretion, ↑culture

• Attrubites: ↑tasteful, ↑tasteless

2. perception of that which is obscure

• Syn: ↑discernment

• Derivationally related forms: ↑perceptive, ↑discern (for: ↑discernment)

• Hypernyms: ↑perception

3. a feeling of understanding

• Syn: ↑insight, ↑perceptivity

• Derivationally related forms: ↑perceptive (for: ↑perceptivity), ↑perceptive

• Hypernyms: ↑sensibility

4. the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding

• Ant: ↑unperceptiveness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑perceptive

• Hypernyms: ↑sensitivity, ↑sensitiveness