[syn: discernment, perceptiveness]
4. the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
perceptiveness
n 1: a feeling of understanding [syn: insight,
perceptiveness, perceptivity]
2: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);
"arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid
success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in
bad taste" [syn: taste, appreciation, discernment,
perceptiveness]
3: perception of that which is obscure [syn: discernment,
perceptiveness]
4: the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding [ant:
unperceptiveness]