as in understanding
the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something
a novelist who reveals an exceptional percipience of human aspirations and desires
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Recent Examples of percipience
More recent events sent me back to the novel itself, and to a new respect for Lewis’ percipience about Americans’ vulnerability to the blandishments of political charlatans, and about his oracular vision of how a fascist takeover would unfold.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021
Readers knew to expect in a Flanigan column percipience and foresight, expressed in graceful, unaffected prose.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2021
Jones has experience with a wide array of run-pass option plays as well, and his football percipience is highly regarded.
—Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2021
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021
Readers knew to expect in a Flanigan column percipience and foresight, expressed in graceful, unaffected prose.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2021
Jones has experience with a wide array of run-pass option plays as well, and his football percipience is highly regarded.
—Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for percipience
Noun
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The attack, analysts say, was a reflection of the ascendancy of hard-line leaders in the group advocating for violent conflict over long-term understandings with Israel.—
Adam Rasgon,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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The lack of public understanding about the large number of local residents already involved, often including disaster victims themselves, can lead to an influx of outsiders eager to help.—
James Kendra,
The Conversation,
20 Jan. 2025
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Yet not a sound emerges from the baying mob, which has been instructed to pantomime their appreciation noiselessly.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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It’s given me perspective and a tremendous appreciation and respect for this moment.—
Gerrad Hall,
EW.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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The verdict could signal the public’s perception of CNN, which didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, as President Donald Trump comes into office after years of denouncing the network for allegedly biased coverage.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
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Closing legal arguments were made Thursday in the case, which will in part be a test of the public perception of the press, and CNN in particular, after years of being demonized by President-elect Donald Trump and his acolytes.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Percipience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percipience. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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