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adj. Having great wisdom and discernment.

adj. Possessing wisdom and discernment; wise, learned.

adj. Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.

Wise; sage; discerning: now generally used ironically.

adj. acutely insightful and wise

"We chose the term sapient leadership to describe what we see changing in the leader's role."

wise   

sapiently    Homo sapiens   

sage    knowing    sagacious    wise    discerning    wis   

sentient    nonhuman    self-aware    adaptable    noncorporeal    life-form    nonsapient    humanoid    nonsentient    space-faring