Sagacity
noun
The quality of being wise or able to make good decisions.
With his usual sagacity, John made decisions that always turned out well.
Often appears as...
- demonstrate sagacity
- great sagacity
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Formal
noun
The quality of being farsighted or preparing well for the future.
His sagacity in investing in technology stocks in the 1990s made him a billionaire.
Often appears as...
- investing sagacity
- financial sagacity
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Formal
noun
The ability to understand and judge things quickly and clearly.
The detective’s sagacity allowed him to quickly identify the murderer.
Often appears as...
- detective’s sagacity
- impressive sagacity
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Formal
noun
The quality of being wise or able to make good decisions.
With his usual sagacity, John made decisions that always turned out well.
Often appears as...
- demonstrate sagacity
- great sagacity
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The quality of being farsighted or preparing well for the future.
His sagacity in investing in technology stocks in the 1990s made him a billionaire.
Often appears as...
- investing sagacity
- financial sagacity
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The ability to understand and judge things quickly and clearly.
The detective’s sagacity allowed him to quickly identify the murderer.
Often appears as...
- detective’s sagacity
- impressive sagacity
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Sagacity implies a positive judgment of one's decisions and actions.
The CEO's sagacity led the company to dominate the market.
Pro Tip 2/3Experience-Based
Often, sagacity is attributed to people with extensive experience or knowledge.
Her sagacity in handling crises comes from years of management.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Innate
Sagacity isn't just about being smart; it's about making wise choices, which is often learned.
Through careful study and reflection, he gained a reputation for sagacity.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Sagacity implies a positive judgment of one's decisions and actions.
The CEO's sagacity led the company to dominate the market.
Pro Tip 2/3Experience-Based
Often, sagacity is attributed to people with extensive experience or knowledge.
Her sagacity in handling crises comes from years of management.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Innate
Sagacity isn't just about being smart; it's about making wise choices, which is often learned.
Through careful study and reflection, he gained a reputation for sagacity.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Sagacity implies a positive judgment of one's decisions and actions.
The CEO's sagacity led the company to dominate the market.
Pro Tip 2/3Experience-Based
Often, sagacity is attributed to people with extensive experience or knowledge.
Her sagacity in handling crises comes from years of management.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Innate
Sagacity isn't just about being smart; it's about making wise choices, which is often learned.
Through careful study and reflection, he gained a reputation for sagacity.
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Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
Without this tremendous passion for power, influence, and advantage which money gives, how could nature develop the highest type of man? Without this infinite longing, whence would come the discipline which industry, perseverance, tact, sagacity, and frugality give?
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Leo Rosten
American Novelist
Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.
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Lapo Elkann
Italian Businessman
I love Winston Churchill. I love the wisdom he had, the sagacity. I like people who are independent-minded. People who aren't part of clans or systems, who are talented and free, and able to do things without being corrupted by the system.
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John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
The framers of our constitution had the sagacity to vest in Congress all implied powers: that is, powers necessary and proper to carry into effect all the delegated powers wherever vested.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.
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James Thurber
American Author
The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
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Thorstein Veblen
American Economist
All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.
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Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
Without this tremendous passion for power, influence, and advantage which money gives, how could nature develop the highest type of man? Without this infinite longing, whence would come the discipline which industry, perseverance, tact, sagacity, and frugality give?
Quote examples
Leo Rosten
American Novelist
Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.
Quote examples
Lapo Elkann
Italian Businessman
I love Winston Churchill. I love the wisdom he had, the sagacity. I like people who are independent-minded. People who aren't part of clans or systems, who are talented and free, and able to do things without being corrupted by the system.
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John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
The framers of our constitution had the sagacity to vest in Congress all implied powers: that is, powers necessary and proper to carry into effect all the delegated powers wherever vested.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.
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James Thurber
American Author
The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
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Thorstein Veblen
American Economist
All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.
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