common sense

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common sense noun

Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.
An internal sense, formerly believed to be the sense by which information from the other five senses is understood and interpreted.

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cop on good sense mother wit native wit sense gumption horse sense wisdom perspicacity understanding synesis number six perception moral sense innerstanding salt moral compass intuition

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