perceptiveness
per·cep·ti·veness
noun
1.
a feeling of understanding
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”
3.
perception of that which is obscure
4.
the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding
Origin
From perceptive + -ness.
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