Intelligence and Policy

Intelligence

Intelligence noun - The ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems.

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Policy and intelligence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Policy" instead a noun "Intelligence".

Policy noun - The ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters.

Usage example: you should have exercised greater policy in your online relationships and not divulged so much personal information

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Intelligence and policy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intelligence" instead a noun "Policy".

Nearby Words: politic, policing, politics, political, policed

better	better intelligence	better policy
similar	similar intelligence	similar policy
common	common intelligence	common policy
poor	poor intelligence	poor policy
Other adjectives: actual, massive, bad, social, general, apparent, foreign, soviet.

The British were unsure of their policy at the time and desperate to get any intelligence possible.

Source: Useful Notes / Indian Political Service
The Israeli agent interviewed even said a degree of paranoia was already the Israeli intelligence's unspoken policy, because, thanks to their enmity with their neighbors, it was a survival skill.

Source: Literature / World War Z
In Randall Garrett's story The Best Policy, the human protagonist is interrogated under a lie detector by aliens gathering intelligence for an invasion.

Source: Consummate Liar

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