wisdom
Insight from experience
Wisdom is the quality of having good judgment, deep understanding, and insight gained through experience.
It differs from mere knowledge—wisdom involves knowing how to apply what you know: With age comes wisdom.
Conventional wisdom refers to widely held beliefs, which may or may not be accurate.
Wisdom teeth are the third molars, so called because they emerge in early adulthood when a person is supposedly wiser.
Keen perception and judgment
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- justiceFair treatment under law
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
reasoning · deliberation · conscience · ethics · prudence · evaluation · assessment · discretion
Mental interpretation of stimuli
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
discernment · clarity · foresight · acumen · realization · comprehension · perspicacity · sapience
Return to consciousness
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
- illuminationProvision of light
liberation · moksha · transcendence · samadhi · dharma · meditation · mindfulness · contemplation
Systematic development of mind
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- eruditionExtensive scholarly knowledge
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
philosophy · science · literacy · schooling · academia · study · books · proverbs
Habitual moderation in behavior
- restraintControl over impulses
- moderationAvoidance of excess
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- humilityFreedom from arrogance
patience · forbearance · equanimity · serenity · composure · balance · poise · steadiness
discernment
Keen perception and judgment
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- justiceFair treatment under law
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
objectivity · reasoning · deliberation · conscience · ethics · prudence · evaluation · assessment · discretion · circumspection
perception
Mental interpretation of stimuli
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- understandingMental comprehension of something
awareness · discernment · clarity · foresight · acumen · realization · comprehension · perspicacity · sapience · cognizance
awakening
Return to consciousness
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
illumination · liberation · moksha · transcendence · samadhi · dharma · meditation · mindfulness · contemplation · Buddha
education
Systematic development of mind
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- eruditionExtensive scholarly knowledge
intellect · philosophy · science · literacy · schooling · academia · study · books · proverbs · aphorisms
temperance
Habitual moderation in behavior
- restraintControl over impulses
- moderationAvoidance of excess
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
humility · patience · forbearance · equanimity · serenity · composure · balance · poise · steadiness · groundedness
maturity
Full growth achieved
mentorship · tradition · seniority · expertise · hindsight · reflection · years · elders · ancestors · grandparents
- humanitiesphilosophy, history, literature, philosophy class, novels
- abstract nounsbeauty, truth, justice, courage, kindness
- Education valuesliteracy, curiosity, critical thinking, creativity, excellence
- Fatherly Wisdomfatherly advice, guidance, life lessons, moral guidance, teachings
- human conceptsconsciousness, awareness, identity, self, emotion
- inner qualitiesintegrity, courage, compassion, resilience, empathy
wisdomfolly
Absence of good judgment
foolishness · imprudence · indiscretion · recklessness · unwiseness
wisdomstupidity
Lack of intelligence
idiocy · imbecility · dullness · brainlessness · obtuseness
wisdomignorance
Absence of knowledge
naïveté · inexperience · innocence · cluelessness · unenlightenment
- wisdom teethFinal molars to erupt
- wisdom toothLate-erupting back molar
- timeless wisdomKnowledge that stays relevant forever
- words of wisdom
- conventional wisdomGenerally accepted beliefs
- folk wisdomTraditional communal knowledge