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understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy

n. the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

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cognition, knowledge, noesis

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy

n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something

data, information

n. a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"

information, info

n. a message received and understood

enlightenment

n. education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge

culture

n. the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"

eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism

n. profound scholarly knowledge

literacy

n. the ability to read and write

training, preparation, grooming

n. activity leading to skilled behavior

schooling

n. the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage)

steering, guidance, direction

n. the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"

Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom

n. an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

intelligence

n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

experience

n. the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

news, intelligence, tidings, word

n. information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome"

edification, sophistication

n. uplifting enlightenment

education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity

n. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"

common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit

n. sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"

shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness

n. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

perception

n. knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"

sensitivity, sensitiveness

n. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

percept, perception, perceptual experience

n. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

sympathy, understanding

n. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"

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