1. perceptiveness(n = noun.feeling) insight, perceptivity - a feeling of understanding;
is a kind of sensibility
Derived forms adjective perceptive2, adjective perceptive1
2. perceptiveness(n = noun.cognition) appreciation, discernment, taste - 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"
is a kind of discrimination, secernment
has particulars: connoisseurship, vertu, virtu, style, trend, vogue, delicacy, discretion, culture
Derived form adjective perceptive1
3. perceptiveness(n = noun.cognition) discernment - perception of that which is obscure;
is a kind of perception
Derived form adjective perceptive2
4. perceptiveness(n = noun.attribute) - the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding;
is a kind of sensitiveness, sensitivity
Antonym: unperceptiveness
Derived form adjective perceptive2