wisdom

wis·dom  (wzdm)

n.

1. The ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; insight.

2. Common sense; good judgment: "It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things" Henry David Thoreau.

3.

a. The sum of learning through the ages; knowledge: "In those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations" Maya Angelou.

b. Wise teachings of the ancient sages.

4. A wise outlook, plan, or course of action.

5. Wisdom Bible Wisdom of Solomon.

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[Middle English, from Old English wsdm; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

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wisdom

Noun

1. the ability to use one's experience and knowledge to make sensible decisions or judgments

2. accumulated knowledge or learning: the wisdom of Asia and of Africa [Old English wīsdōm]

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Wisdom

See also ideas; knowledge; learning; thinking.

adage

a maxim, axiom, proverb, or old saying.

analect

a collection of teachings, as the Analects of Confucius.

gnosis

a superior form of wisdom, as that of the Gnostics, supposed to have been acquired mystically. See also mysticism.

logia

maxims or sayings attributed to a religious leader. See also christ; religion.

protasis

Rare. a proposition or maxim. See also drama; grammar.

sophomania

an excessive respect for one’s own wisdom.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wisdom - accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned abstrusity, profundity, reconditeness, profoundness, abstruseness - wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs"
	2.	wisdom - the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight wiseness trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature judiciousness, sagaciousness, sagacity - the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating knowledgeability, knowledgeableness, initiation - wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge; "his knowledgeability impressed me"; "his dullness was due to lack of initiation" statecraft, statesmanship, diplomacy - wisdom in the management of public affairs discernment, discretion - the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment" folly, foolishness, unwiseness - the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
	3.	wisdom - ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight sapience deepness, astuteness, profoundness, profundity, depth - the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas sagaciousness, sagacity, discernment, judgement, judgment - the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations know-how - the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something
	4.	wisdom - the quality of being prudent and sensible wiseness, soundness goodness, good - that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization" advisability - the quality of being advisable; "they questioned the advisability of our policy" reasonableness - goodness of reason and judgment; "the judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges"
	5.	Wisdom - an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC Wisdom of Solomon Apocrypha - 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature - any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom

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wisdom

noun understanding, learning, knowledge, intelligence, smarts (slang), chiefly U.S. judgment, insight, enlightenment, penetration, comprehension, foresight, erudition, discernment, sagacity, sound judgment, sapience << OPPOSITE foolishness reason, circumspection, judiciousness >> adjective sagacious

Translations

wisdom [ˈwɪzdəm] n → sabiduría, saber m (= good sense); cordura

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wisdom [ˈwɪzdəm] n → sagesse f [of action]; prudence f

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wisdom [ˈwɪzdəm] n [of person] → Weisheit f [of action, remark] → Klugheit f

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wisdom [ˈwɪzdəm] n → saggezza; [of action] → prudenza