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Noun [English]

Etymology: After Latin sensus communis, Ancient Greek κοινὴ αἴσθησις (koinḕ aísthēsis). Etymology templates: {{clq|en|la|sensus communis|notext=1}} Latin sensus communis, {{clq|en|grc|κοινὴ αἴσθησις|notext=1}} Ancient Greek κοινὴ αἴσθησις (koinḕ aísthēsis) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} common sense (uncountable)
  1. Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (ordinary sensible understanding): cop on [Ireland, informal], good sense, horse sense, mother wit, native wit Translations (ordinary understanding): اَلْحِسّ السَّلِيم (al-ḥiss as-salīm) [masculine] (Arabic), আকল (akôl) (Bengali), seny [masculine] (Catalan), 常識 (Chinese Mandarin), 常识 (chángshí) (Chinese Mandarin), zdravý rozum [masculine] (Czech), selský rozum [masculine] (Czech), sund fornuft [common-gender] (Danish), gezond verstand [neuter] (Dutch), boerenverstand [neuter] (Dutch), terve mõistus (Estonian), terve järki (Finnish), maalaisjärki (Finnish), järki (Finnish), arkijärki (Finnish), bon sens [masculine] (French), sens commun [masculine] (French), sentido común [masculine] (Galician), sentidiño [masculine] (Galician), საღი აზრი (saɣi azri) (Georgian), ჯანსაღი აზრი (ǯansaɣi azri) (Georgian), კეთილგონიერება (ḳetilgoniereba) (Georgian), gesunder Menschenverstand [masculine] (German), κοινή λογική (koiní logikí) [feminine] (Greek), שכל הישר [masculine] (Hebrew), היגיון פשוט [masculine] (Hebrew), józan ész (Hungarian), almenn skynsemi [feminine] (Icelandic), komuna raciono (Ido), akal sehat (Indonesian), buonsenso (Italian), senno [masculine] (Italian), senso comune [masculine] (Italian), 常識 (jōshiki) (Japanese), សុភនិច្ឆ័យ (sophĕəʼnicchay) (Khmer), veselais saprāts [masculine] (Latvian), здрав разум (zdrav razum) [masculine] (Macedonian), akal (Malay), akal budi (Malay), keeall [feminine] (Manx), sunn fornuft [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sunn fornuft [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), هوش (huş) (Ottoman Turkish), ادراك (idrak) (Ottoman Turkish), zdrowy rozsądek [masculine] (Polish), rozsądek [masculine] (Polish), senso comum [masculine] (Portuguese), bom senso [masculine] (Portuguese), bun-simț [neuter] (Romanian), здра́вый смысл (zdrávyj smysl) [masculine] (Russian), у́м-ра́зум (úm-rázum) (Russian), zdravi razum [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zdrava pamet [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zdrava pamet [feminine] (Slovene), sentido común [masculine] (Spanish), akili (Swahili), sunt förnuft [neuter] (Swedish), bondförstånd [neuter] (Swedish), sentido komun (Tagalog), magmag (Tagalog), สามัญสำนึก (sǎa-man-sǎm-nʉ́k) (Thai), sağduyu (Turkish), здоро́вий глузд (zdoróvyj hluzd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), lẽ thường (Vietnamese), שׂכל (seykhl) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-common_sense-en-noun-fYIIvtvB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'ordinary sensible understanding': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'ordinary understanding': 91 9
  2. (philosophy) One of the four interior senses; the one by which information from the five exterior senses is understood and interpreted. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Synonyms: common-sense [archaic], commonsense (english: when used attributive) Derived forms: commonsensible, commonsensibly, commonsensical, commonsensically Related terms: common knowledge, conventional wisdom, critical thinking
    Sense id: en-common_sense-en-noun-rx26akGP Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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      "word": "cop on"
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      "word": "good sense"
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    {
      "sense": "ordinary sensible understanding",
      "word": "horse sense"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ordinary sensible understanding",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "ordinary sensible understanding",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "al-ḥiss as-salīm",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "اَلْحِسّ السَّلِيم"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "akôl",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "আকল"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seny"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "常識"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chángshí",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "常识"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zdravý rozum"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "selský rozum"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sund fornuft"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gezond verstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "boerenverstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "terve mõistus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "terve järki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "maalaisjärki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "järki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "arkijärki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bon sens"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sens commun"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sentido común"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sentidiño"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saɣi azri",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "საღი აზრი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ǯansaɣi azri",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "ჯანსაღი აზრი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳetilgoniereba",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "კეთილგონიერება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gesunder Menschenverstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koiní logikí",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κοινή λογική"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שכל הישר"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "היגיון פשוט"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "józan ész"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "almenn skynsemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "komuna raciono"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "akal sehat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "buonsenso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "senno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "senso comune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōshiki",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "常識"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sophĕəʼnicchay",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "សុភនិច្ឆ័យ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "veselais saprāts"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zdrav razum",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "здрав разум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "akal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "akal budi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "keeall"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sunn fornuft"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sunn fornuft"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "huş",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "هوش"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "idrak",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "ادراك"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zdrowy rozsądek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozsądek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "senso comum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bom senso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bun-simț"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zdrávyj smysl",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "здра́вый смысл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "úm-rázum",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "у́м-ра́зум"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zdravi razum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zdrava pamet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zdrava pamet"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sentido común"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "akili"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sunt förnuft"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bondförstånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "sentido komun"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "magmag"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎa-man-sǎm-nʉ́k",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "สามัญสำนึก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "sağduyu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zdoróvyj hluzd",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "здоро́вий глузд"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "word": "lẽ thường"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "seykhl",
      "sense": "ordinary understanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שׂכל"
    }
  ],
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}

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