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What is the noun for wisdom?

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wisdom
  1. (uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
  2. (countable) A piece of wise advice.
  3. The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
  4. The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
  5. The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.
  6. (theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “He had the wisdom to realize that the odds would always be stacked against the punter.”
      “Buddhist wisdom teaches that each moment is intersected by a fourth dimension, a dimension of timelessness.”
      “Many wondered about the wisdom of Rose disrupting Finn's heroic attempt at martyrdom.”
wiseacre
  1. One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart.
  2. (obsolete) A learned or wise man.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “This was said with a kind of contempt that was quite a floorer to the new wiseacre.”
      “Even in the heat of battle, Robert Downey Jr's Iron Man is joshing away in his usual wiseacre fashion.”
      “The only difference is that a bit of your scar tissue, which some wiseacre had placed in the deepfreeze will be taken out and incubated.”
wisehead
  1. (sarcastic) A person who is wise or who considers himself or herself to be wise.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “John fancies himself quite the wisehead, always offering unsolicited advice to anyone who will listen.”
wiseling
  1. One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre.
wisehood
  1. (rare) The state, quality, or condition of being wise; wisdom.
wiseness
  1. The state, quality, or measure of being wise; wisdom.
wise
wisdome
  1. Archaic spelling of wisdom.
wisedome
  1. Obsolete spelling of wisdom
wiselings
  1. plural of wiseling.
wiseacres
wisedomes
  1. plural of wisedome
wiseheads
wisenesses
  1. plural of wiseness
wisdomes
  1. plural of wisdome
wisdoms
  1. plural of wisdom
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Allies need to do more about training good minds who are expert on Asia and who are not afraid of challenging conventional intelligence wisdoms.”
      “In fact everyone must eventually be involved to integrate these wisdoms into our community.”
      “The second human characteristic is a widespread tendency to accept conventional wisdoms, be they religious, economic or scientific.”
wises
  1. plural of wise
  2. Examples:
    1. “He holds a formidable spell over Esperanza and controls her until she wises up and leaves him to pursue her career.”
      “Eventually, Partridge wises up and uses her new position to organize a shareholder revolt that topples the corrupt C. E. O. and his cronies.”
      “But this is difficult as the market wises up to their e-business models.”
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