perceptive
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As writers and scholars, Lewis and Tolkien ranked among the most perceptive critics of burgeoning totalitarian movements such as Nazism and communism, in no small part due to their shared Christian faith.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Unburdened by the contemporary setting that sometimes trips up a filmmaker’s boldest ideas, Mona Fastvold’s “The Testament of Ann Lee” is perhaps the year’s most extraordinarily perceptive film.
From Salon • Dec. 5, 2025
Twelve months on, their visit brought more words of caution from Amorim about his side's evolution that proved equally perceptive.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
For elements that they share, both two very intelligent, bright, sharp, perceptive people who seemingly have gone through similar trauma in their own lives, they are different.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
She asked him “several very perceptive questions” about the Rusakov field and its relation to human consciousness.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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