counterintuitive

[ koun-ter-in-too-i-tiv, -tyoo- ]
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adjective
  1. counter to what intuition would lead one to expect: The direction we had to follow was counterintuitive—we had to go north first before we went south.

Origin of counterintuitive

1
First recorded in 1960–65; counter- + intuitive

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British Dictionary definitions for counterintuitive

counterintuitive

/ (ˌkaʊntərɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv) /


adjective
  1. (of an idea, proposal, etc) seemingly contrary to common sense

  2. intelligence collected about enemy espionage

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