Perceptive
Perceptive adjective - Able to sense slight impressions or differences.
Selective and perceptive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Selective" instead an adjective "Perceptive".
Selective
Selective adjective - Tending to select carefully.
Perceptive and selective are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Perceptive" instead an adjective "Selective".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sensitive and perceptive
- sensitive and selective
- keen and perceptive
- keen and selective
- critical and perceptive
- critical and selective
- delicate and perceptive
- delicate and selective
- wise and perceptive
- wise and selective
- judicious and perceptive
- judicious and selective
- astute and perceptive
- astute and selective
Both words in one sentence
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Most likely because the only person there perceptive enough to really notice has a good case of Selective Obliviousness going on.
Source: Visual Novel / G-Senjou no Maou -
Selective Obliviousness: While Adam is in no way unintelligent, and can sometimes be very perceptive, he does often think how nice it would be for Julian to find a wife, even as Julian dies in the arms of his male lover, who refuses to leave Julian's side, even thought it means his own death.
Source: Literature / Julian Comstock - Cute Is Evil: Zero (if the player takes the kill em' all approach) Conspicuously Selective Perception: The guards are not the most perceptive, though they are reasonably quick shots.
Source: Video Game / Warp
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