Acumen
['ækjʊmən;ə'kjuːmən]
Definition
(n.) Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Acuteness, shrewdness, sagacity, astuteness, sharpness, ingenuity, perspicacity, discernment, penetration, mother-wit, quick parts.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Point, penetrativeness, sharpness, discernment, talent, sagacity
ANT:Bluntness, obtuseness, stupidity, dulness, indiscernment, hebetude
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Definition
n. sharpness: quickness of perception: penetration.
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Examples
- However, from the many examples of his scientific acumen I select one more.) Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- At this same palace school half a century later the Irishman Scotus Erigena exhibited his learni ng, wit, and logical acumen. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- With all respect for your natural acumen, I do not think that you are quite a match for the worthy doctor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But when St. John had mused a few moments he recommenced as imperturbably and with as much acumen as ever. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In 1865 Pasteur was called u pon to exercise his scientific acumen on behalf of the silk industry. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In Chile his scientific acumen had been baffled in the attempt t o explain the invasion of the strange and dreadful disease hydrophobia. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They do not involve any want of the higher business acumen that goes to the proper conduct of affairs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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