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Perspectivism

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• Perspectivist

  [per-spek-tuh-viz-uh m] /pərˈspɛk təˌvɪz əm/ noun, Philosophy. 1. the doctrine that reality is known only in terms of the perspectives of it seen by individuals or groups at particular moments.

• Perspex

  /ˈpɜːspɛks/ noun 1. trademark any of various clear acrylic resins, used chiefly as a substitute for glass 1935, trade name in Britain for what in the U.S. is called Plexiglas or Lucite, irregularly formed from Latin perspect-, past participle stem of perspicere “look through, look closely at” (see perspective).

• Perspicacious

  [pur-spi-key-shuh s] /ˌpɜr spɪˈkeɪ ʃəs/ adjective 1. having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment. 2. Archaic. having keen vision. /ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs/ adjective 1. acutely perceptive or discerning 2. (archaic) having keen eyesight adj. 1630s, formed as an adjective to perspicacity, from Latin perspicax “sharp-sighted, having the power of seeing through; acute” (see […]

• Perspicaciousness

  [pur-spi-key-shuh s] /ˌpɜr spɪˈkeɪ ʃəs/ adjective 1. having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment. 2. Archaic. having keen vision. /ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs/ adjective 1. acutely perceptive or discerning 2. (archaic) having keen eyesight adj. 1630s, formed as an adjective to perspicacity, from Latin perspicax “sharp-sighted, having the power of seeing through; acute” (see […]

• Perspicacity

  [pur-spi-kas-i-tee] /ˌpɜr spɪˈkæs ɪ ti/ noun 1. keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration. 2. Archaic. keen vision. n. 1540s, from Middle French perspicacité (15c.) and directly from Late Latin perspicacitas “sharp-sightedness, discernment,” from Latin perspicax “sharp-sighted, having the power of seeing through,” from perspicere “look through, look closely at” (see perspective).

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