circumspection
1 antonym for circumspection — opposites grouped by meaning.
Noun — Careful thought about every fact and circumstance involved in a situation.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
Careful thought about every fact and circumstance involved in a situation.
2. noun
Caution and watchfulness that comes from being fully aware of a situation.
“As if this were not enough, CAW has failed to utilize even his limited sources with diligence and circumspection; to demonstrate this point, I will briefly note inadequacies in the data adduced by CAW.”
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Etymology
Passed down from Middle English circumspeccioun, from Middle French circonspection or its source Latin circumspectio. Analysed at face value, it is circum- plus Latin spect plus -ion, “looking [all] around” — the opposite notion being captured by tunnel vision or blinders.
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