0 the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgments:
He hosts a weekly radio programme in which he dispenses wisdom (= gives his opinions) on a variety of subjects.
I tend to doubt the wisdom of separating a child from its family whatever the circumstances.
Before I went off to university my father gave me a few words of wisdom.
Conventional/Received/Popular wisdom has it (= most people think) that women are more emotional than men, but in my experience it often isn't the case.
1 the ability to make good judgments based on what you have learned from your experience, or the knowledge and understanding that gives you this ability
I question the wisdom of separating a child from his brothers and sisters whatever the circumstances.
I was rather quiet as I didn't feel I had much wisdom to impart on the subject.
I questioned the wisdom of taking so many pills.
According to received wisdom, exposure to low level radioactivity is harmless.
What other astonishing nuggets of wisdom do you have for us?
The common wisdom is straightforward: children are more able to learn another language than adults are.
Conventional wisdom-and many textbooks-suggest that diversification benefits are largely exhausted with a portfolio of 10-15 stocks.
This revisionism nonetheless affirmed the conventional wisdom about the loss of forest as the net result.
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智慧, 明智…
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智慧, 明智…
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sabiduría, sabiduría [feminine, singular]…
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sabedoria, bom senso, sensatez…
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知恵, 賢さ…
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akıl, akıllılık…
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sagesse [feminine], bien-fondé [masculine], sagesse…
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saviesa, seny…
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