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Acumen

Acumen Meaning & Definition
Acumen Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acumen?

[n] shrewdness shown by keen insight
[n] a tapering point

Synonyms | Synonyms for Acumen: insightfulness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Acumen: acuity | acuteness | apperception | astuteness | cogency | critical discernment | discernment | discrimination | farseeingness | farsightedness | flair | foresight | foresightedness | incisiveness | insight | judgment | keenness | longheadedness | longsightedness | penetration | perception | perceptiveness | percipience | perspicaciousness | perspicacity | perspicuity | perspicuousness | providence | sagaciousness | sagacity | sensibility | sharpness | shrewdness | trenchancy

See Also | astuteness | enation | perspicaciousness | perspicacity | plant process | shrewdness

Acumen In Webster's Dictionary

\A*cu"men\, n. [L. acumen, fr. acuere to sharpen. Cf. {Acute}.] Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. --Selden. Syn: Sharpness; sagacity; keenness; shrewdness; acuteness.

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