sagacity
n . 睿智,聪敏
睿智,聪敏
sagacity n 1 :
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations [
synonym : {
sagacity }, {
sagaciousness }, {
judgment },
{
judgement }, {
discernment }]
2 :
the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating [
synonym : {
judiciousness }, {
sagacity },
{
sagaciousness }]
Sagacity \
Sa *
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n . [
L .
sagacitas .
See {
Sagacious }.]
The quality of being sagacious ;
quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions ;
keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment ;
shrewdness .
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1913 Webster ]
Some [
brutes ]
show that nice sagacity of smell .
--
Cowper .
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1913 Webster ]
Natural sagacity improved by generous education . --
V .
Knox .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Penetration ;
shrewdness ;
judiciousness .
Usage : {
Sagacity }, {
Penetration }.
Penetration enables us to enter into the depths of an abstruse subject ,
to detect motives ,
plans ,
etc .
Sagacity adds to penetration a keen ,
practical judgment ,
which enables one to guard against the designs of others ,
and to turn everything to the best possible advantage .
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1913 Webster ]
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sagacity ":
acuity ,
acumen ,
acuteness ,
anticipation ,
apperception ,
astuteness ,
background ,
blaseness ,
cogency ,
comprehension ,
contemplation ,
discernment ,
discretion ,
envisagement ,
envisionment ,
experience ,
farseeingness ,
farsightedness ,
forecast ,
foreglance ,
foregleam ,
foreglimpse ,
forehandedness ,
foreseeing ,
foresight ,
foresightedness ,
grasp ,
incisiveness ,
insight ,
judiciousness ,
longheadedness ,
longsightedness ,
looking ahead ,
past experience ,
penetration ,
perception ,
perceptiveness ,
percipience ,
perspicaciousness ,
perspicacity ,
perspicuity ,
perspicuousness ,
practical knowledge ,
practice ,
prediction ,
preparation ,
prepublication ,
preview ,
prevision ,
prospect ,
prospection ,
providence ,
provision ,
prudence ,
readiness ,
sagaciousness ,
sageness ,
sapience ,
seasoning ,
sensibility ,
sensitivity ,
sophistication ,
tempering ,
trenchancy ,
understanding ,
wisdom ,
worldly wisdom
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