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sagacity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sagacity \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sagacity n 1: ability to make good judgments [syn: {sagaciousness}, {judgment}, {judgement}, {discernment}] 2: the mental ability to form an opinion by distinguishing and evaluating [syn: {judiciousness}, {sagaciousness}]
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