Definition of sapience Sapience

sa•pi•ence

We found 5 definitions of sapience from 5 different sources.

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Noun
sapience - ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
		wisdom
		know-how the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something
		astuteness, deepness, profundity, profoundness, depth the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

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sapience (Noun)
The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

sapience (n.)
The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

sapience
sā′pi-ens, n. discernment: wisdom: knowledge: reason.—adjs. Sā′pient, wise: discerning: sagacious, sometimes used ironically; Sāpien′tial.—adv. Sā′piently. [L. sapiens, sapientis, pr.p. of sapĕre, to be wise.]

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sapience, noun, singular of sapiences.

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