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PERCEPTIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of insight and sympathetic understanding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("perceptiveness" is a kind of...):
sensitiveness; sensitivity (the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment)
Antonym:
unperceptiveness (the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding)
Derivation:
perceptive (having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Perception of that which is obscure
Synonyms:
discernment; perceptiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("perceptiveness" is a kind of...):
perception (knowledge gained by perceiving)
Derivation:
perceptive (having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
Example:
to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
Synonyms:
appreciation; discernment; perceptiveness; taste
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("perceptiveness" is a kind of...):
discrimination; secernment (the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished)
Attribute:
tasteful (having or showing or conforming to good taste)
tasteless (lacking aesthetic or social taste)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perceptiveness"):
connoisseurship; vertu; virtu (love of or taste for fine objects of art)
style; trend; vogue (the popular taste at a given time)
delicacy; discretion (refined taste; tact)
culture (the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group)
Derivation:
perceptive (of or relating to perception)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A feeling of understanding
Synonyms:
insight; perceptiveness; perceptivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("perceptiveness" is a kind of...):
sensibility (refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions)
Derivation:
perceptive (having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment)
perceptive (of or relating to perception)
