English noun: discernment | |||
1. | discernment (cognition) the cognitive condition of someone who understands | ||
Samples | He has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect. | ||
Synonyms | apprehension, savvy, understanding | ||
Broader (hypernym) | knowing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | appreciation, brainstorm, brainwave, comprehension, grasp, grasping, hindsight, hold, insight, realisation, realization, recognition, self-knowledge, smattering | ||
2. | discernment (cognition) delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values) | ||
Samples | Arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success. To ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste. | ||
Synonyms | appreciation, perceptiveness, taste | ||
Broader (hypernym) | discrimination, secernment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | connoisseurship, culture, delicacy, discretion, style, trend, vertu, virtu, vogue | ||
Attribute | tasteful, tasteless | ||
3. | discernment (cognition) perception of that which is obscure | ||
Synonyms | perceptiveness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | perception | ||
4. | discernment (cognition) the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations | ||
Synonyms | judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sapience, wisdom | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | circumspection, common sense, discreetness, discretion, eye, good sense, gumption, horse sense, indiscreetness, injudiciousness, judiciousness, mother wit, prudence, sense | ||
5. | discernment (attribute) the trait of judging wisely and objectively | ||
Samples | A man of discernment. | ||
Synonyms | discretion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | wisdom, wiseness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | caution, circumspection, prudence | ||