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I tend to approach giving interviews with the same sense of circumspection and restraint as I approach my writing. That is to say, virtually none. When asked what I made of blogs like my own, blogs written by parents about their children, I said, 'A blog like this is narcissism in its most obscene flowering.'
Ayelet Waldman

Meaning of "circumspection" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CIRCUMSPECTION

circumspection  [ˌsɜːkəmˈspɛkʃ ən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CIRCUMSPECTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Circumspection is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CIRCUMSPECTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of circumspection in the English dictionary

The definition of circumspection in the dictionary is caution, prudence, or discretion.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CIRCUMSPECTION


adoption
əˈdɒpʃ ən
compaction
kəmˈpækʃ ən
connexion
kəˈnɛkʃ ən
counteraction
ˌkaʊntərˈækʃ ən
decomposition
ˌdiːkɒmpəˈzɪʃ ən
depletion
dɪˈpliːʃ ən
derestriction
ˌdiːrɪˈstrɪkʃ ən
disconnection
ˌdɪskəˈnɛkʃ ən
disconnexion
dɪskəˈnɛkʃ ən
disruption
dɪsˈrʌpʃ ən
dissemination
dɪˌsɛmɪˈneɪʃ ən
ejection
ɪˈdʒɛkʃ ən
enaction
ɛnˈækʃ ən
encryption
ɪnˈkrɪpʃ ən
evacuation
ɪˌvækjʊˈeɪʃ ən
exemption
ɪɡˈzɛmpʃ ən
exploitation
ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃ ən
fabrication
ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃ ən
fascination
ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃ ən
free-selection
ˈfriːsɪˌlɛkʃ ən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CIRCUMSPECTION

circumscissile
circumscribable
circumscribe
circumscriber
circumscription
circumscriptive
circumscriptively
circumsolar
circumspect
circumspective
circumspectly
circumspectness
circumstance
circumstances
circumstantial
circumstantial evidence
circumstantiality
circumstantially
circumstantiate
circumstantiation

WORDS THAT END LIKE CIRCUMSPECTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
fiction
function
introduction
production
protection
reaction
satisfaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of circumspection in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CIRCUMSPECTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «circumspection» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of circumspection

Translation of «circumspection» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CIRCUMSPECTION

Find out the translation of circumspection to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of circumspection from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «circumspection» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

谨慎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

circunspección
570 millions of speakers

English

circumspection
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एहतियात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحذر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

осмотрительность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

circunspecção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিমৃষ্যকারিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

circonspection
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berhati-hati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Umsicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

慎重
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

세심한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngati-ati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự cẩn thận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எச்சரிக்கையாக இருத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सावधानता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tedbirlilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

circospezione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

circumspection
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обачність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

circumspecție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περίσκεψη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

omsigtigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

försiktighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

varsomhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of circumspection

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CIRCUMSPECTION»

The term «circumspection» is regularly used and occupies the 64.485 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CIRCUMSPECTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «circumspection» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «circumspection» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about circumspection

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QUOTES WITH «CIRCUMSPECTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word circumspection.
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Ayelet Waldman
I tend to approach giving interviews with the same sense of circumspection and restraint as I approach my writing. That is to say, virtually none. When asked what I made of blogs like my own, blogs written by parents about their children, I said, 'A blog like this is narcissism in its most obscene flowering.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIRCUMSPECTION»

Discover the use of circumspection in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to circumspection and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Phenomenology Reader
The context of equipment is lit up, not as something never seen before, but as a totality constantly sighted beforehand in circumspection. With this totality, however, the world announces itself. Similarly, when something ready-to-hand is found ...
Dermot Moran, Timothy Mooney, 2002
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Phrenology, Or, The Doctrine of the Mental Phenomena
I, however, conceive that the knowledge of any danger may affect the sense of circumspection in a manner to which the name fear is applied, just as it may excite courage and make a person fight with fury. Neither courage nor circumspection ...
Johann Gaspar Spurzheim, 1832
3
Homiletical commentary on the Book of Exodus
The Need of Circumspection. The man who makes a wise use of his eyes is in so far circumspect. Words that primarily set forth bodily actions are secondarily applied to the description of mental states and actions. Circumspection is descriptive ...
Joseph Samuel Exell, 1879
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The Christian Review
Article III. CHRISTIAN CIRCUMSPECTION. We are sorry to believe, that in our day circumspection is a virtue, not held in very great repute. Even some Christians, look upon it with suspicion, and speak of it disparagingly. This low estimation of ...
5
Selected Cases on Criminal Law: Annotated, and Arranged with ...
And the said Nathan G. Hardister did, then and there, feloniously, and without due caution and circumspection, attempt to deliver said quick child from the said Amanda Saunders, by the use of forceps, by repeatedly introducing them, without  ...
William Lawrence Clark, 1895
6
Lectures on phrenology, delivered in the university of Paris
François Joseph Victor Broussais. ORGAN OF CIRCUMSPECTION. professor broussais on the OltGAN OF CIRCUMSPECTION. T»l fate is sealed; the individuals by whom he is surrounded and flattered soon penetrate his thoughts, and ...
François Joseph Victor Broussais, 1847
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Lectures on Phrenology: Delivered in the University of Paris
Delivered in the University of Paris M. Broussain. ORGAN OF CIRCUMSPECTION. ORGAN OF CIRCUMSPECTION. :si fate is sealed ; the individuals by whom he is surrounded and flattered soon peuetrate bis thoughts, and discover his ...
M. Broussain, 1847
8
The Weimar Republic Sourcebook
This concern is guided by circumspection, which discovers the ready-to-hand and preserves it as thus discovered. Whenever we have something to contribute or perform, circumspection gives us the route for proceeding with it, the means of  ...
Anton Kaes, Martin Jay, Edward Dimendberg, 1994
9
The Time of Revolution: Kairos and Chronos in Heidegger
While orientating ourselves to the time of the workshop, suddenly there is a break in normality; circumspection crashes into emptiness. Emptiness is dark, is impenetrable for sight. In this darkness, circumspection itself becomes for the first time ...
Felix O Murchadha, 2013
10
Phrenology ... Third edition, greatly improved. [With plates.]
I, however, conceive that the knowledge of any danger may affect the sense of circumspection in a manner to which the name fear is applied, just asit may excite courage and make a person fight with fury. Neither courage nor circumspection ...
Johann Caspar SPURZHEIM, 1825

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIRCUMSPECTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term circumspection is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Best Sentences From Bill Walton's Emotional Grateful Dead Essay
But there is no circumspection or irony or distance in either; they are beings of pure unmediated overage. In his large, loud heart, it could be ... «VICE, Jul 15»
2
Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty
... complaint that said he “did unlawfully, and without malice, kill Michael Joseph Jackson” by acting “without due caution and circumspection.”. «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
India distances itself from Dalai Lama for closer ties with China
NEW DELHI: An element of circumspection seems to have crept in India's relationship with Dalai Lama, as Delhi shows its willing to distance ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
4
South Africa: The Marikana Report – a Whitewash
... the fitting of helicopters with cameras and greater circumspection in the decisions on what arms police may possess during such operations! «Socialist Alternative, Jul 15»
5
“We Need a New Skin Color”: The Racial Imagination of Dada
... the tradition of the twentieth-century avant-gardes should be aware that it contains aspects that need to be handled with great circumspection ... «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»
6
Isil attack warning signs unnoticed
Governments in the west are now faced with the quandary of having to advise their citizens to exercise far greater circumspection in their travel ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
7
PEN comes to defence of Borges 'plagiarist'
Kodama, with Japanese circumspection, said on a television interview broadcast last night, adamantly maintained her posture that, “This is a ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Jul 15»
8
McCullum 158* blazes way for Birmingham
There was neither a period of circumspection nor a particularly frenzied section, just a sustained 20-over assault that answered the question ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
9
Re: Nkrumahism, The Can Of Worms I Opened–Noam Chomsky 1
Here, we clearly see the scholar Chomsky demonstrating analytic and authorial circumspection in re-interpreting a speech document, a public ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
10
Jay Emmett: The Funniest Man Alive
He was irreverent in a sensitive time; brash in a time of circumspection. He often crossed the line because he didn't even know there was a line ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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