English-Thai Dictionary

discernment

N ความสามารถ ใน การ ตัดสิน ดี  การตัดสินใจ ดี  judgement volition will taste blindness obtuseness kwam-sa-mad-nai-kan-tad-sin-de

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISCERNMENT

n.The act of discerning; also, the power or faculty of the mind, by which it distinguishes one thing from another, as truth from falsehood, virtue from vice; acuteness of judgment; power of perceiving differences of things or ideas, and their relations and tendencies. The errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISCERNMENT

Dis *cern "ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discernement. ]

 

1. The act of discerning.

 

2. The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight; as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment.

 

Syn. -- Judgment; acuteness; discrimination; penetration; sagacity; insight. -- Discernment, Penetration, Discrimination. Discernment is keenness and accuracy of mental vision; penetration is the power of seeing deeply into a subject in spite of everything that intercepts the view; discrimination is a capacity of tracing out minute distinctions and the nicest shades of thought. A discerning man is not easily misled; one of a penetrating mind sees a multitude of things which escape others; a discriminating judgment detects the slightest differences.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

discernment

dis cern ment |diˈsərnmənt dəˈsərnmənt | ▶noun 1 the ability to judge well: an astonishing lack of discernment. 2 (in Christian contexts ) perception in the absence of judgment with a view to obtaining spiritual direction and understanding: without providing for a time of healing and discernment, there will be no hope of living through this present moment without a shattering of our common life.

 

Oxford Dictionary

discernment

dis ¦cern |ment |dɪˈsəːnm (ə )nt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the ability to judge well: an astonishing lack of discernment.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

discernment

discernment noun each object in the room spoke of his taste and discernment: judgement, taste, discrimination, refinement, cultivation, sophistication, enlightenment, sensitivity, subtlety; insight, perceptiveness, perception, perspicacity; astuteness, acumen, shrewdness, ingeniousness, cleverness, intelligence, sharpness, wisdom, erudition, awareness, sagacity; rare sapience.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

discernment

dis c é rn ment 名詞 U ｟かたく ほめて ｠(鋭い )識別 [認識, 洞察 ]力, 眼識 〘人が人 芸術などの良し悪しを見抜く力 〙.