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perceptivity
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intuitiveness, awareness |
| Synonyms: | acumen, click*, comprehension, discernment, divination, drift*, intuition, judgment, observation, penetration, perception, perceptivity, perspicacity, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, shrewdness, understanding, vision, wavelength, wisdom |
| Notes: | incite means to provoke or stir up while insight means clear or deep perception of a situation |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, stupidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | understanding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comprehension, appreciation |
| Synonyms: | acumen, apperception, apprehension, assimilation, awareness, decipherment, discernment, discrimination, grasp, grip, insight, intellect, intelligence, intuition, judgment, ken, knowing, knowledge, mastery, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perceptivity, percipience, perspicacity, prehension, realization, reason, recognition, savvy, sense, sharpness, wit |
| Antonyms: | misinterpretation, misunderstanding |
| Main Entry: | impressibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | susceptibility |
| Synonyms: | affectability, emotionality, flexibility, impressionability, perceptivity, plasticity, pliancy, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sentimentality, susceptibleness, tenderness |
| Main Entry: | susceptibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | susceptibleness |
| Synonyms: | awareness, perceptivity, sensitivity, susceptiveness, susceptivity |
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