insight-fulness

in·sight·ful

[in-sahyt-fuhl]
adjective
characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.

Origin:
1905–10; insight + -ful

in·sight·ful·ly, adverb
in·sight·ful·ness, noun

incitable, insightful.
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insight (ˈɪnˌsaɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  the ability to perceive clearly or deeply; penetration
2.  a penetrating and often sudden understanding, as of a complex situation or problem
3.  psychol
 a.  the capacity for understanding one's own or another's mental processes
 b.  the immediate understanding of the significance of an event or action
4.  psychiatry the ability to understand one's own problems, sometimes used to distinguish between psychotic and neurotic disorders
 
'insightful
 
adj

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insightful
1907, from insight + -ful.
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