English noun: perspicacity |
1. | perspicacity (cognition) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) |
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| Synonyms | astuteness, perspicaciousness, shrewdness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | intelligence |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | acumen, craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, insightfulness, knowingness, slyness, street smarts, wiliness |
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| Domain category | business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise |
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2. | perspicacity (attribute) the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions |
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| Synonyms | judgement, judgment, sound judgement, sound judgment |
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| Broader (hypernym) | trait |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | objectiveness, objectivity, subjectiveness, subjectivity |
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