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common sense

noun

Etymology

Calque of Middle French sens commun and its source, Latin sēnsus commūnis, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κοινὴ αἴσθησις (koinḕ aísthēsis).

  1. derived from κοινὴ αἴσθησις
  2. calqued from sēnsus commūnis
  3. calqued from sens commun

Definitions

  1. Ordinary sensible understanding

    Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.

    • While there are not yet studies to prove it, common sense tells us that a stressed and sick animal is not an ideal candidate to eventually make a healthy meal.

  2. One of the four interior senses

    One of the four interior senses; the one by which information from the five exterior senses is understood and interpreted.

    • This common ſenſe is the Iudge or Moderator of the reſt, by whom we diſcerne all differences of obiects; for by mine eye I doe not knowe that I ſee, or by mine eare that I heare, but by my common ſenſe, […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for common sense. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA