Found 2 items, similar to sagacity.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sagacity sagacity n 1: ability to make good judgments [syn: sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment] 2: the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating [syn: judiciousness, sagaciousness]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sagacity Sagacity \Sa*gac"i*ty\, n. [L. sagacitas. See Sagacious.] The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness. [1913 Webster] Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of smell. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] Natural sagacity improved by generous education. --V. Knox. [1913 Webster] Syn: Penetration; shrewdness; judiciousness. Usage: Sagacity, Penetration. Penetration enables us to enter into the depths of an abstruse subject, to detect motives, plans, etc. Sagacity adds to penetration a keen, practical judgment, which enables one to guard against the designs of others, and to turn everything to the best possible advantage. [1913 Webster]