wisdom
Americannoun
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the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.
- Synonyms:
- understanding, sense
- Antonyms:
- stupidity
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scholarly knowledge or learning.
the wisdom of the schools.
- Synonyms:
- enlightenment, erudition, sapience
- Antonyms:
- ignorance
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wise sayings or teachings; precepts.
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a wise act or saying.
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(initial capital letter) Wisdom of Solomon.
noun
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the ability or result of an ability to think and act utilizing knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense, and insight
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accumulated knowledge, erudition, or enlightenment
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archaic a wise saying or wise sayings or teachings
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obsolete soundness of mind
Related Words
See information.
Other Word Forms
- wisdomless adjective
Etymology
Origin of wisdom
First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English wīsdōm; cognate with Old Norse vīsdōmr, German Weistum. See wise 1, -dom
Example Sentences
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At the time, the received wisdom in F1 was that a team needed to have a factory engine deal to win the championship.
From BBC
Vicioso infuses wisdom into her instruction on floral arrangements: There are no mistakes.
From Los Angeles Times
Ostrover and Lipschultz named conference rooms in their Park Avenue office after species of owls—an animal associated with wisdom—and stocked them with bowls of M&Ms stamped with pictures of the birds.
“The promise of prediction markets is to harness the wisdom of the crowd to create accurate, unbiased forecasts for the most important events to society,” Polymarket said in a note on its site.
For the predictions to be accurate, or efficient, the platforms rely on a pool of traders to distill the wisdom of the crowd.
From Barron's
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