perceptiveness

Noun

• the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding

• perception of that which is obscure

• delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
  • arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success
    
  • to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
    

• a feeling of understanding

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  discernment , taste , appreciation , insight , perceptivity