sagacity

(sə-găs'ĭ-tē)
n.
The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom.

[French sagacité, from Old French sagacite, from Latin sagācitās, quickness of perception, from sagāx, sagāc-, of keen perception. See sagacious.]

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Characteristics of intelligence, shrewdness, or wisdom; soundness of judgment.

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noun

1. Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging: acumen, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discernment, discrimination, eye, keenness, nose, penetration, perceptiveness, percipience, percipiency, perspicacity, sageness, shrewdness, wit. See ability/inability, careful/careless.
2. Deep, thorough, or mature understanding: insight, profundity, sagaciousness, sageness, sapience, wisdom. See wise/foolish.

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• Enlightenment, Truth, and the Unknowable - sagacity: wisdom, keenness of discernment, understanding

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