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secernment

9.9

The ability to notice small differences between things, like colors or sounds

noun
/sɪˈsɜrnmənt/

Archaic

: distinción

The child's secernment of colors improved over time.

Examples

His keen secernment allowed him to notice subtle differences in musical tones.
Her secernment of different sounds was impressive.
Children develop secernment as they learn to tell colors and shapes apart.
Effective teaching often requires the secernment of students' individual learning needs.
Children develop secernment as they learn to differentiate between colors and shapes.
His sharp secernment enabled him to distinguish between various musical tones.
As adults, we rely on secernment to identify subtle cues in social interactions.

Synonyms

discrimination

vssecernment

7 4.8

Ability to notice small differences between things, for example in sound or color

is the active cognitive process of distinguishing between stimuli

discriminability

vssecernment

8.8

The ability to notice differences between things

is the mental process used to make those distinctions

How Accurate

acuity

Specialized

6 8.1

discrimination

7 4.8

secernment

Archaic

9.9

recognition

38 2.7

confusion

389 1.8

Surface Forms

secernment singular

secernments plural

Morphology

secernment = secern (semi-transparent) = secern + ment

Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ment' to the verb 'secern'; the derivation is regular but the verb form and specialized senses are rare, so the relation is not fully obvious to learners.

Etymology

Secernment comes from Latin parts se- 'apart' and cernere 'to separate', the same root as discern. So secernment means the ability to tell things apart, like noticing different colors or shapes.