perceptiveness meaning and definition

PERCEPTIVENESS noun

Definition of perceptiveness (noun)

1. a feeling of understanding
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: appreciation, discernment, taste
3. perception of that which is obscure
   • synonyms: discernment
4. the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding
   • antonym: unperceptiveness