SOUND JUDGMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sound judgment mean? 

• SOUND JUDGMENT (noun)
  The noun SOUND JUDGMENT has 1 sense:

1. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

  Familiarity information: SOUND JUDGMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUND JUDGMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

judgement; judgment; perspicacity; sound judgement; sound judgment

Hypernyms ("sound judgment" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sound judgment"):

objectiveness; objectivity (judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices)

subjectiveness; subjectivity (judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts)