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perceptiveness

DEFINITIONS OF: perceptiveness

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n perception of that which is obscure

Synonyms:
discernment
Type of:
perception
knowledge gained by perceiving

n delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)

Synonyms:
appreciation, discernment, taste
Types:
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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
New Look
a style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947; involved a tight bodice and narrow waist and a flowing pleated skirt
fashion
the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior
bandwagon
a popular trend that attracts growing support
counterculture
a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
mass culture
the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media
letters
the literary culture
Type of:
discrimination, secernment
the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

n the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding

Antonyms:
unperceptiveness
the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding
Type of:
sensitiveness, sensitivity
the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

n a feeling of understanding

Synonyms:
insight, perceptivity
Type of:
sensibility
refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions
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