perceptive
adjective
having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition.
perceptiveness
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a word derived from
perceptive.
Example Sentences
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Still, even that kind of perceptiveness and proximity to the top echelon are no shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
The film, “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain,” has received positive reviews: A film critic for The New York Times wrote, “With immense perceptiveness, Neville shows us both the empath and the narcissist” in Bourdain.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2021
These tactics involved information available to all players, so they were considered legal, relying more on perceptiveness than chicanery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2021
The show’s restrained visual palette obscures its emotional perceptiveness and complexity, how richly it invests in its world of small-town Texas and how well it understands families.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2021
Of course I feared his perceptiveness, what he might have seen of me, or even possibly thought in his young mind.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
