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Definition of Sagaciousness
1. Noun. The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations.
Specialized synonyms: Eye, Common Sense, Good Sense, Gumption, Horse Sense, Mother Wit, Sense, Judiciousness, Circumspection, Discreetness, Discretion, Prudence, Indiscreetness, Injudiciousness
Generic synonyms: Sapience, Wisdom
Derivative terms: Sagacious, Sagacious
2. Noun. The trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating.
Generic synonyms: Wisdom, Wiseness
Derivative terms: Judicious, Sagacious
Definition of Sagaciousness
1. Noun. The state of being sagacious; an acuteness of perception or discernment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sagaciousness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sagaciousness
Literary usage of Sagaciousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"I. Sagaciousness, quickness of scent. Sage, a. I. Wise, sagacious, sapient,
discerning, shrewd, acute, intelligent, sensible, prudent. 2. ..."
2. The Vision: Or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri by Dante Alighieri (1831)
"... and if on certain occasions we applaud his sagaciousness, on others, we do
not less wonder that his ingenuity should have been so strangely perverted. ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1906)
"Lit. 40:80. Ja.; Harp. W. 50: 204, 1719. F. 10, D. 1, '06. Sagaciousness of
private Isaac Washington. G: W. Earl, }т. Harp. W. 50:1722. D. 1, '06. Sagas. ..."
4. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1892)
"One (the instinct) is the product of the senses, a sagaciousness shared by the
lowest animals, even those who have no reason—it is the ..."
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