common sense
sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
Origin of common sense
1Other words from common sense
- com·mon-sense, com·mon·sense, adjective
- com·mon·sen·si·cal, com·mon·sen·si·ble, adjective
- com·mon·sen·si·cal·ly, com·mon·sen·si·bly, adverb
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How to use common sense in a sentence
Lankov and Delury make a commonsense point, but Jang, a defector to Seoul, maintains that Kim was removed from power last year.
Have contractors been constructing buildings without commonsense since 1776?
Up to a Point: The U.S. Government’s Minimum Wage Is $430 Million Per Hour | P. J. O’Rourke | March 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMarkup, Committee on Small Business, H.R.2751 — “Commonsense Construction Contracting Act of 2013”
Up to a Point: The U.S. Government’s Minimum Wage Is $430 Million Per Hour | P. J. O’Rourke | March 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer PAC calls it “Commonsense Conservatives,” or “Patriots.”
Half the army was in hospital from want of proper nourishment and commonsense sanitation.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Grant's a rugged sort of commonsense chap—hates show and fuss.
Red Pepper Burns | Grace S. RichmondIt is not sound science, it is not good philosophy, it is not even commonsense.
Theism or Atheism | Chapman CohenStatistics don't impress me as they do some people, and I would far rather rely upon your commonsense than upon any figures.
The Common Sense of Socialism | John SpargoPin him down to the one fact which your own commonsense teaches you, that the wealth of the country is unequally distributed.
The Common Sense of Socialism | John Spargo
British Dictionary definitions for common sense
plain ordinary good judgment; sound practical sense
inspired by or displaying sound practical sense
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Cultural definitions for Common Sense
(1776) A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that called for the United States to declare independence from Britain immediately. Written in a brisk and pungent style, Common Sense had a tremendous impact and helped to persuade many Americans that they could successfully wage a war for their independence.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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