Being intuitive meant that one had a gift of insight, a kind of natural perceptiveness that was not derived from experience.
He interrogates both his own work and that of others with a depth, rigour and perceptiveness that is rare to see.
One hopes her taste for the work of Thornhill had not entirely lapsed by then — as her youthful priggishness had abated into the wise compassion, ironic humor, and psychological perceptiveness that characterize her novels.
Witty observation of the way people are and the way they talk, the sort of sharply penetrating perceptiveness that makes me want to run into the street and hug somebody with sheer delight.
The deft wielding of the facts by (as it were) Toibin the journalist and critic would be mere window dressing without the acute psychological perceptiveness that informs the author's portrait of his subject.
In the case of Western women, the "emotional receptivity and perceptiveness" that is encouraged in women is likely to enhance the skill of self-discovery and hinder those of self-definition and direction; whereas for men in Western cultures the opposite is likely to be the case (Mackenzie & Stoljar 2000a, 18).
Empathizing in this way requires an objectivity and perceptiveness that is quite compatible with the rule of law.
So Betty's trying to lose weight, and she's trying, with the help of Weight Watchers' sincere and admirably earnest pop psychology, to assume the kind of maturity and perceptiveness that don't come naturally to her.
Donald Trump seems to lack any qualities of perceptiveness or insight that would allow him to read other people, even for nefarious purposes, and in that has the classic stamp of the high narcissist.
People who describe another person as "deeply affected," with "intense desire," "crestfallen," and as one who can "vow to himself" would seem to have an inner perceptiveness that they can use in their relationships with others.
