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common sense

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common sense
n.
Sound judgment not based on specialized knowledge; native good judgment.

[Translation of Latin snsus commnis, common feelings of humanity.]

common sense
n
plain ordinary good judgment; sound practical sense
adj common-sense also common-sensical
inspired by or displaying sound practical sense
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Noun1.common sense - 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"
sagaciousness, sagacity, discernment, judgement, judgment - the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
logic - reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"
nous - common sense; "she has great social nous"
road sense - good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road

common sense
noun good sense, sound judgment, level-headedness, practicality, prudence, nous (Brit. slang), soundness, reasonableness, gumption (Brit. informal), horse sense, native intelligence, mother wit, smarts (slang, chiefly U.S.), wit Her mother acted with remarkable common sense.
Translations
common sense nbuon senso
common sense nbuon senso

common sense الحِس العام zdravý rozum sund fornuft gesunder Menschenverstand κοινή λογική sentido común terve järki bon sens zdrav razum buonsenso 常識 상식 gezond verstand sunn fornuft zdrowy rozsądek bom senso здравый смысл förnuft สามัญสำนึก sağduyu lẽ thường 常识


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The records in our newspapers, the late exposure by THE LANCET, and the common sense and senses of common people, furnish too abundant evidence against both defences.
In literature, both prose and verse, the rationalistic and practical spirit showed itself in the enthroning above everything else of the principles of utility and common sense in substance and straightforward directness in style.
To impute such a design to Lady Susan would be taking from her every claim to that excellent understanding which her bitterest enemies have never denied her; and equally low must sink my pretensions to common sense if I am suspected of matrimonial views in my behaviour to her.
 
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