Perceptiveness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a feeling of understanding

delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɚsˈɛptɪvnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/pəsˈɛptɪvnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pəsˈɛptɪvnəs/

5 syllables Say it as /pɚsˈɛptɪvnəs/.

Examples

arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success
to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

perceptivity discernment insight taste appreciation

Antonyms

unperceptiveness

Parts of Speech

noun	a feeling of understanding
noun	delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values) “arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success”
noun	perception of that which is obscure
noun	the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding

Word Forms

perceptive	adjective	of or relating to perception
discern	verb	detect with the senses

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Wahrnehmungsfähigkeit

ein Gefühl des Verstehens

🇫🇷French

perspicacité

un sentiment de compréhension

🇪🇸Spanish

percepción

un sentimiento de comprensión

🇮🇹Italian

percettività

un sentimento di comprensione

🇳🇱Dutch

opmerkzaamheid

een gevoel van begrip

🇵🇹Portuguese

percepção

um sentimento de compreensão

🇷🇺Russian

проницательность

чувство понимания

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सहजानुभूति

समझने की भावना

🇧🇩Bengali

উপলব্ধি

বোঝার অনুভূতি

🇮🇳Tamil

புலனுணர்வு

புரிந்து கொள்ளும் உணர்வு

🇮🇳Telugu

గ్రహణశక్తి

అర్థం చేసుకునే భావన

🇮🇳Marathi

आकलनक्षमता

समजून घेण्याची भावना

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગ્રહણશક્તિ

સમજણની લાગણી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗ್ರಹಿಕೆ

ತಿಳುವಳಿಕೆಯ ಭಾವನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗ്രഹണശേഷി

മനസ്സിലാക്കാനുള്ള ഒരു തോന്നൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਧਾਰਨਾ

ਸਮਝ ਦੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ادراک

سمجھنے کا احساس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

洞察力

一种理解的感觉

🇯🇵Japanese

知覚力

理解するという感覚

🇰🇷Korean

지각력

이해하는 느낌

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự nhận thức

một cảm giác hiểu biết

🇹🇭Thai

การรับรู้

ความรู้สึกของความเข้าใจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

daya tanggap

perasaan pengertian

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkamaunawain

isang pakiramdam ng pag-unawa

🇲🇾Malay

kefahaman

perasaan memahami

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الإدراك

شعور بالفهم

🇮🇷Persian

ادراکی

احساس درک

🇹🇷Turkish

anlayışlılık

anlayış hissi

🇮🇱Hebrew

תפיסה

תחושה של הבנה

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