farsightedness
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈfɑːrˌsaɪtɪdnəs/
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previsión
- The architect's farsightedness in planning for more sustainable buildings will benefit future generations.
Examples
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Finlandization depends on expectations that the great power will exercise restraint and farsightedness.
Academic text (2010) -
You overestimate my farsightedness.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the special area of trade, what has been needed for so long and what we were able to obtain thanks to the kind of farsightedness and vision of Mr. Macdonald is the realization that this is an area that has to be based on rules.
Academic text (2000) -
Then I had thought that when Mr. Blanchard spoke to me in person, he would see not only the advantage of the captive breeding program, but its leader's passion and farsightedness.
Fiction book (1997) -
So too, one must applaud the farsightedness of those universities that have taken it upon themselves to establish new departments of this kind, even in the absence of an immigrant constituency—one thinks of the first departments of Russian and East Asian studies in North America, founded around the turn of the century.
Academic text (1996) -
His farsightedness allowed him to prepare for the economic downturn before it happened.
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Thanks to her farsightedness, she successfully invested in technology that is now in high demand.
Synonyms
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5.6
The ability to think ahead and plan for the future
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5.5
Careful planning for the future to avoid problems
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9.9
To know what will happen in the future
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7.5
Thinking ahead and preparing for future needs or problems
An ability to see and plan for things that will happen
Thinking about the future to plan for it
Careful planning for the future to meet needs and avoid problems
The ability to plan ahead and avoid future problems
To imagine and plan for the future
Antonyms
How Farsighted
Surface Forms
Morphology
farsightedness = farsighted (semi-transparent) = far + sight + ed + ness
The noun is derived from the adjective 'farsighted' by adding '-ness'; the sense 'foresight' is a metaphorical extension from the physical ability and is inferable but requires metaphorical reasoning.
Etymology
Farsightedness simply joins far ('distant') and sight ('seeing'), creating the picture of someone who can 'see' far ahead. That's why farsightedness is used to mean the ability to plan for future problems and needs.