Dictionary entry details
• DISCERNMENT (noun)
Meaning:
The cognitive condition of someone who understands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
discernment; savvy; understanding; apprehension
Context example:
he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect
Hypernyms ("discernment" is a kind of...):
knowing (a clear and certain mental apprehension)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "discernment"):
brainstorm; brainwave; insight (the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation)
hindsight (understanding the nature of an event after it has happened)
grasping (understanding with difficulty)
appreciation; grasp; hold (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something)
smattering (a slight or superficial understanding of a subject)
self-knowledge (an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities)
comprehension (an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result))
realisation; realization; recognition (coming to understand something clearly and distinctly)
Meaning:
Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
appreciation; discernment; perceptiveness; taste
Context examples:
arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success / to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
Hypernyms ("discernment" is a kind of...):
discrimination; secernment (the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished)
Attribute:
tasteful (having or showing or conforming to good taste)
tasteless (lacking aesthetic or social taste)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "discernment"):
culture (the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group)
delicacy; discretion (refined taste; tact)
style; trend; vogue (the popular taste at a given time)
connoisseurship; vertu; virtu (love of or taste for fine objects of art)
Meaning:
Perception of that which is obscure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
perceptiveness; discernment
Hypernyms ("discernment" is a kind of...):
perception (knowledge gained by perceiving)
Meaning:
The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
sagaciousness; sagacity; discernment; judgement; judgment
Hypernyms ("discernment" is a kind of...):
sapience; wisdom (ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "discernment"):
eye (good discernment (either visually or as if visually))
common sense; good sense; gumption; horse sense; mother wit; sense (sound practical judgment)
judiciousness (good judgment)
circumspection; discreetness; discretion; prudence (knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress)
indiscreetness; injudiciousness (lacking good judgment)
Meaning:
The trait of judging wisely and objectively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
discernment; discretion
Context example:
a man of discernment
Hypernyms ("discernment" is a kind of...):
wisdom; wiseness (the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "discernment"):
caution; circumspection (the trait of being circumspect and prudent)
prudence (discretion in practical affairs)
