Anschauung

[ ahn-shou-oo ng, -uh ng ]

/ ˈɑn ʃaʊˌʊŋ, -əŋ /

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noun Philosophy.

direct or immediate intuition or perception of sense data with little or no rational interpretation.

Origin of Anschauung

1855–60; < German: view, equivalent to anschau(en) to view (an- on, at + schauen to look) + -ung -ing¹

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Examples from the Web for anschauung

Fichte's word is Anschauung, for which the English language possesses no exact equivalent.
Religion and Science|John Charlton Hardwick
The psychological distinction between the three forms is that sensuous perception (Anschauung) 3.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2|Various
Intuition (Anschauung) as used by Kant, is external or internal.
The Aesthetical Essays|Friedrich Schiller