perceptiveness
n 1: a feeling of understanding [syn: {insight},
{perceptiveness}, {perceptivity}]
2: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);
"arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid
success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in
bad taste" [syn: {taste}, {appreciation}, {discernment},
{perceptiveness}]
3: perception of that which is obscure [syn: {discernment},
{perceptiveness}]
4: the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding [ant:
{unperceptiveness}]