[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]