insight
noun
- an understanding of relationships that sheds light on or helps solve a problem.
- (in psychotherapy) the recognition of sources of emotional difficulty.
- an understanding of the motivational forces behind one's actions, thoughts, or behavior; self-knowledge.
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intuition, observation, understanding, acumen, wisdom, judgment, vision, perception, perspicacity, sapience, drift, discernment, click, sagacity, comprehension, shrewdness, penetration, divination, perceptivity, wavelengthExamples from the Web for insight
Contemporary Examples of insight
He then provides some insight into his psyche - complete with Animal House reference.
Their intentions may be good, but their execution and insight are lousy.
But fun and insight are not always mutually exclusive, certainly not here.
He said Jacobovici and Wilson were simply the latest in a long line of people hoping to find further Biblical insight.
This is absurd, and an insight to how the GOP is likely to win big on Tuesday.
Historical Examples of insight
With the insight of a kindred temperament he pronounced his verdict.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
He is remarkable for insight to the character of all with whom he has to do.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
But which was by nature and in fact the superior, no one with the least insight could have doubted.
Heather and SnowGeorge MacDonald
We forgive his insight, because there is nothing in it Pharisaical.
A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume IIMrs. Humphry Ward
There is a directness of aim in virtue which gives an insight into vice.
The RepublicPlato