perceptive
Americanadjective
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having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition.
a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- Synonyms:
- astute, keen, sensitive, discerning
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having the power or faculty of perceiving.
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of, relating to, or showing perception.
adjective
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quick at perceiving; observant
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perceptual
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able to perceive
Other Word Forms
- nonperceptive adjective
- nonperceptively adverb
- nonperceptiveness noun
- nonperceptivity noun
- perceptively adverb
- perceptiveness noun
- perceptivity noun
- self-perceptive adjective
- semiperceptive adjective
- unperceptive adjective
- unperceptively adverb
Etymology
Origin of perceptive
Example Sentences
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Much of what he writes in this piece—on the dangers of crazy people and rogue regimes accessing powerful AI tools, and on the ill-advisability of selling semiconductors to China—is perceptive and interesting.
“Forgive me, but if you were truly perceptive, you’d realize what a rush I’m in.”
From Literature
As writers and scholars, Lewis and Tolkien ranked among the most perceptive critics of burgeoning totalitarian movements such as Nazism and communism, in no small part due to their shared Christian faith.
But while Amanda's game plan slipped under the radar, the traitors have shared their suspicions that Fiona may be the secret traitor and "pretending to be a bit less perceptive than she actually is".
From BBC
“The Bloody Crossroads,” published in 1987, isn’t the kind of book you expect a journalist to write: a collection of perceptive, thoroughgoing literary essays on important writers from Henry Adams to Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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