About The Word Sagacity
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Sagacity
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What's The Definition Of Sagacity?
[n] the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
[n] ability to make good judgments Synonyms | Synonyms for Sagacity: discernment | judgement | judgment | judiciousness | sagaciousness | sagaciousness Related Terms | Find terms related to Sagacity: See Also | circumspection | common sense | discreetness | discretion | eye | good sense | gumption | horse sense | indiscreetness | injudiciousness | judiciousness | mother wit | prudence | sapience | sense | wisdom | wisdom | wiseness Sagacity In Webster's Dictionary \Sa*gac"i*ty\, n. [L. sagacitas. See {Sagacious}.]
The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of
sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration
with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of smell.
--Cowper.
Natural sagacity improved by generous education. --V.
Knox.
Syn: Penetration; shrewdness; judiciousness.
Usage: {Sagacity}, {Penetration}. Penetration enables us to
enter into the depths of an abstruse subject, to
detect motives, plans, etc. Sagacity adds to
penetration a keen, practical judgment, which enables
one to guard against the designs of others, and to
turn everything to the best possible advantage.
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