discernment
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect
Types & categories
- knowing hypernym
- comprehension hyponym
- self-knowledge hyponym
- smattering hyponym
- appreciation hyponym
- grasping hyponym
- hindsight hyponym
- brainstorm hyponym
- realization hyponym
Related & opposite
- savvy derivation
- understand derivation
- see derivation
Sense 2 noun
delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success
Types & categories
- discrimination hypernym
- virtu hyponym
- vogue hyponym
- delicacy hyponym
- culture hyponym
Related & opposite
- tasteful attribute
- tasteless attribute
- perceptive derivation
Sense 3 noun
perception of that which is obscure
Types & categories
- perception hypernym
Related & opposite
- make out derivation
- perceptive derivation
Sense 4 noun
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
Types & categories
- sapience hypernym
- eye hyponym
- gumption hyponym
- judiciousness hyponym
- discreetness hyponym
- injudiciousness hyponym
Related & opposite
- sagacious derivation
- perspicacious derivation
Sense 5 noun
the trait of judging wisely and objectively
a man of discernment
Types & categories
- wisdom hypernym
- circumspection hyponym
- prudence hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | savvy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | understand |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | see |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | knowing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | comprehension |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | self-knowledge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | smattering |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | appreciation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grasping |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hindsight |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brainstorm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | realization |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | tasteful |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | tasteless |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | perceptive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | discrimination |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | virtu |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vogue |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | delicacy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | culture |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | make out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | perceptive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | perception |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sagacious |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | perspicacious |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sapience |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | eye |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gumption |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | judiciousness |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | discreetness |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | injudiciousness |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | wisdom |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumspection |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | prudence |