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perspicience

UK/pɜːˈspɪ.ʃəns/

perspicience noun: the act of looking sharply; keen vision.

Noun

perspicience (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The act of looking sharply; keen vision.
    • The conscious perspicience of the subjective content of the Self in the action of its orgasmic forces and of its own autopsic domination is Psychology.1866, George Western Thompson, The Living Forces of the Universe

Origin of perspicience

From Latin perspicientia, from perspiciens, past participle of perspicere. See perspective.

Questions about perspicience

What does perspicience mean?
Perspicience means the act of looking sharply; keen vision.
What part of speech is perspicience?
Perspicience is a noun.
How do you pronounce perspicience?
Perspicience is pronounced /pɜːˈspɪ.ʃəns/ (UK).

Words near perspicience in the dictionary

  1. perspicaciously
  2. perspicaciousness
  3. perspicacities
  4. perspicacity
  5. perspicacy
  6. perspicience
  7. perspicil
  8. perspicils
  9. perspicuities
  10. perspicuity
  11. perspicuous

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