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dis·cern·ment
/dɪˈsɝnmənt, ˈzɚ/
識別[力] ;眼力
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dis·cern·ment
n.
1.
The
act
of
discerning
.
2.
The
power
or
faculty
of
the
mind
by
which
it
distinguishes
one
thing
from
another
;
power
of
viewing
differences
in
objects
,
and
their
relations
and
tendencies
;
penetrative
and
discriminate
mental
vision
;
acuteness
;
sagacity
;
insight
;
as
,
the
errors
of
youth
often
proceed
from
the
want
of
discernment
.
Syn:
--
Judgment
;
acuteness
;
discrimination
;
penetration
;
sagacity
;
insight
. --
Discernment
,
Penetration
,
Discrimination
.
Discernment
is
keenness
and
accuracy
of
mental
vision
;
penetration
is
the
power
of
seeing
deeply
into
a
subject
in
spite
of
everything
that
intercepts
the
view
;
discrimination
is
a
capacity
of
tracing
out
minute
distinctions
and
the
nicest
shades
of
thought
.
A
discerning
man
is
not
easily
misled
;
one
of
a
penetrating
mind
sees
a
multitude
of
things
which
escape
others
;
a
discriminating
judgment
detects
the
slightest
differences
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
discernment
n
1:
the
cognitive
condition
of
someone
who
understands
; "
he
has
virtually
no
understanding
of
social
cause
and
effect
"
[
syn
:
understanding
,
apprehension
,
savvy
]
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
" [
syn
:
taste
,
appreciation
,
perceptiveness
]
3:
perception
of
that
which
is
obscure
[
syn
:
perceptiveness
]
4:
ability
to
make
good
judgments
[
syn
:
sagacity
,
sagaciousness
,
judgment
,
judgement
]
5:
the
trait
of
judging
wisely
and
objectively
; "
a
man
of
discernment
" [
syn
:
discretion
]
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