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US
/dɪˈsɝnmənt/
]
[ UK /dɪsˈɜːnmənt/ ]
[ UK /dɪsˈɜːnmənt/ ]
NOUN
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delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success -
the trait of judging wisely and objectively
a man of discernment - perception of that which is obscure
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
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the cognitive condition of someone who understands
he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect
How To Use discernment In A Sentence
- The slow and deliberate steps of philosophers, here, if anywhere, are distinguished from the precipitate march of the vulgar, who, hurried on by the smallest similitude, are incapable of all discernment or consideration.
- His chief delight at present is playing voluntaries, which certainly would not be called music if performed by one of riper years, being deficient in harmony and measure; but they manifest such a discernment and selection of notes as is truly wonderful, and which, if spontaneous, would surprize at any age. On prodigies
- First comes the long, learned or at least verisimilar discourse on the virtue of one item versus another, followed by effusive congratulations on the discernment and taste evident in the customer's choice. The Charms and Trials of Italian Shopping
- Despite his ability for discernment and honesty, you still come away thinking he is stuck in a life of cliched fixations.
- She is a woman of the highest taste and discernment.
- Baseball, by which I mean baseball, lowercase b, has lost a penetrating mind of great discernment, a gadfly who would not be dissuaded from his job as he saw it even when the Commissioner himself phoned to tell him to cut it out.
- What is within a chef's grasp, however, is the ability to maximize the essence of his or her dish by developing a refined sense of discernment when choosing ingredients.
- One example will serve to illustrate how comprehensive and penetrating his discernment is.
- Some Christian organizations involved in apologetics and countercult work describe themselves as discernment ministries. RNB Roundup: a compendium of religion news stories
- But it was an entirely different matter to attempt a communal discernment in a large and already polarized parish.
