noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , great , profound
▪ accepted , common , conventional , folk , perceived , popular , prevailing , received , traditional
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Conventional ~ has it that higher oil prices are bad for economic growth.
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The received ~ is that the book is always better than the film.
▪ practical
▪ homespun
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His journals are full of dubious pearls of homespun ~.
▪ worldly
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He is too lacking in worldly ~ to be a politician.
▪ accumulated , collective
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the accumulated ~ of generations
▪ ancient
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A bridge between ancient ~ and modern insight is now being built.
▪ innate , inner
▪ political
▪ divine
VERB + WISDOM
▪ challenge , doubt , have doubts about , question
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Many commentators doubted the political ~ of introducing a new tax.
▪ accept
▪ seek
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Those who seek ~ at the shrine will find it.
▪ dispense , impart
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Do you have any ~ to impart on this subject?
▪ prove
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The latest unemployment figures prove the ~ of the government's policy.
WISDOM + VERB
▪ dictate sth , have it that … , hold sth ( esp. AmE )
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Popular ~ dictates that a father is essential in raising a son.
PREPOSITION
▪ according to … ~ , contrary to … ~
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Contrary to conventional ~, stress is not a bad thing.
PHRASES
▪ a fount of ~ ( formal or humorous ), a source of ~
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Consultants are too often seen as the source of all ~.
▪ in sb's ~ ( ironic )
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In their infinite ~, they closed the swimming pool at the busiest time of year.
▪ pearls of ~ ( ironic )
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students eager to catch pearls of ~ from the professor's lips
▪ wit and ~
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He entertained the audience for two hours with his wit and ~.
▪ with the ~ of hindsight
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It's easy enough to see what we should have done, with the ~ of hindsight.
▪ words of ~
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The former world champion imparted a few words of ~ to the young runners.