Definition of Perceptiveness

1. Noun. A feeling of understanding.

Exact synonyms: Insight, Perceptivity
Generic synonyms: Sensibility
Derivative terms: Perceptive, Perceptive, Perceptive

2. Noun. Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values). "To ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
Exact synonyms: Appreciation, Discernment, Taste
Generic synonyms: Discrimination, Secernment
Specialized synonyms: Connoisseurship, Vertu, Virtu, Style, Trend, Vogue, Delicacy, Discretion, Culture
Attributes: Tasteful, Tasteless
Derivative terms: Perceptive

3. Noun. Perception of that which is obscure.
Exact synonyms: Discernment
Generic synonyms: Perception
Derivative terms: Discern, Perceptive

4. Noun. The quality of insight and sympathetic understanding.
Generic synonyms: Sensitiveness, Sensitivity
Derivative terms: Perceptive
Antonyms: Unperceptiveness

Definition of Perceptiveness

1. Noun. The state of being perceptive; acumen, discernment, insight ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perceptiveness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Perceptiveness

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perceptions
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perceptiveness (current term)
perceptivities
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perceptorium
perceptron
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perceptual defense
perceptual disorders
perceptual distortion
perceptual expansion
perceptual experience
perceptual masking

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