perspicience

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UK/pɜːˈspɪ.ʃəns/UK/pɜːˈspɪ.sɪəns/

noun

The act of looking sharply; keen vision.

OriginLatin perspicientia →
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Meanings

nounperspicience (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe act of looking sharply; keen vision.

    The conscious perspicience of the subjective content of the Self in the action of its orgasmic forces and of its own autopsic domination is Psychology.

    1866, George Western Thompson, The Living Forces of the Universe

Origin

  1. Latinperspicientia
  2. Englishperspicience

From Latin perspicientia, from perspiciens, past participle of perspicere. See perspective.

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APA

perspicience. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perspicience

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“perspicience.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perspicience. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perspicience,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perspicience.

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