- wisdom
- nounADJECTIVE▪ deep, great, profound▪ accepted, common, conventional, folk, perceived, popular, prevailing, received, traditional▪
Conventional wisdom has it that higher oil prices are bad for economic growth.
▪The received wisdom is that the book is always better than the film.
▪ practical▪ homespun▪His journals are full of dubious pearls of homespun wisdom.
▪ worldly▪He is too lacking in worldly wisdom to be a politician.
▪ accumulated, collective▪the accumulated wisdom of generations
▪ ancient▪A bridge between ancient wisdom and modern insight is now being built.
▪ innate, inner▪ political▪ divineVERB + WISDOM▪ challenge, doubt, have doubts about, question▪Many commentators doubted the political wisdom of introducing a new tax.
▪ accept▪ seek▪Those who seek wisdom at the shrine will find it.
▪ dispense, impart▪Do you have any wisdom to impart on this subject?
▪ prove▪The latest unemployment figures prove the wisdom of the government's policy.
WISDOM + VERB▪ dictate sth, have it that … , hold sth (esp. AmE)▪Popular wisdom dictates that a father is essential in raising a son.
PREPOSITION▪ according to … wisdom, contrary to … wisdom▪Contrary to conventional wisdom, stress is not a bad thing.
PHRASES▪ a fount of wisdom (formal or humorous), a source of wisdom▪Consultants are too often seen as the source of all wisdom.
▪ in sb's wisdom (ironic)▪In their infinite wisdom, they closed the swimming pool at the busiest time of year.
▪ pearls of wisdom (ironic)▪students eager to catch pearls of wisdom from the professor's lips
▪ wit and wisdom▪He entertained the audience for two hours with his wit and wisdom.
▪ with the wisdom of hindsight▪It's easy enough to see what we should have done, with the wisdom of hindsight.
▪ words of wisdom▪The former world champion imparted a few words of wisdom to the young runners.
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