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Perspicacity

Perspicacity Meaning & Definition
Perspicacity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Perspicacity?

[n] the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
[n] intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Perspicacity: astuteness | judgement | judgment | perspicaciousness | shrewdness | sound judgement | sound judgment

Related Terms | Find terms related to Perspicacity: acuity | acumen | acuteness | apperception | astuteness | clear sight | cogency | color vision | cone vision | critical discernment | day vision | daylight vision | discernment | discrimination | eye | eye-mindedness | eyesight | farseeingness | farsight | farsightedness | field of view | field of vision | flair | foresight | foresightedness | horizon | incisiveness | insight | judgment | keen sight | keenness | ken | longheadedness | longsightedness | night vision | penetration | perception | perceptiveness | percipience | peripheral field | peripheral vision | perspicaciousness | perspicuity | perspicuousness | photopia | power of sight | providence | purview | quick sight | range | rod vision | sagaciousness | sagacity | scope | scotopia | seeing | sense of sight | sensibility | shrewdness | sight | sightedness | sweep | trenchancy | twilight vision | unobstructed vision | vision | visual acuity | visual field | visual sense | wit

See Also | acumen | craft | craftiness | cunning | foxiness | guile | insightfulness | intelligence | knowingness | objectiveness | objectivity | slyness | street smarts | subjectiveness | subjectivity | trait | wiliness

Perspicacity In Webster's Dictionary

\Per`spi*cac"i*ty\, n. [L. perspicacitas: cf. F. perspicacit['e]. See {Perspicacious}.] The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment. --Sir T. Browne.

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