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| empty-headed |
lacking intelligence or common sense; frivolous, silly, or scatterbrained. |
| folk medicine |
the treatment of illness by people without formal medical training, based on common sense, tradition, or superstition, and often using herbs and other natural remedies. |
| folly |
use of poor judgment, or lack of common sense. [1/4 definitions] |
| horse sense |
(informal) practical wisdom or thinking; common sense. |
| marble |
(slang; pl.) sanity; common sense. [1/7 definitions] |
| mother wit |
inborn or natural intelligence or common sense. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| sagacity |
the quality of having keen judgment and common sense; wisdom. |
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