Perceptiveness

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  perceptiveness
       n 1: a feeling of understanding [syn: {insight}, {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}]


       3: perception of that which is obscure [syn: {discernment}]
       4: the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding [ant: {unperceptiveness}]