intuition
direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
a fact, truth, etc., perceived in this way.
a keen and quick insight.
the quality or ability of having such direct perception or quick insight.
Philosophy.
an immediate cognition of an object not inferred or determined by a previous cognition of the same object.
any object or truth so discerned.
pure, untaught, noninferential knowledge.
Linguistics. the ability of the native speaker to make linguistic judgments, as of the grammaticality, ambiguity, equivalence, or nonequivalence of sentences, deriving from the speaker's native-language competence.
Origin of intuition
1Other words from intuition
- in·tu·i·tion·less, adjective
Words Nearby intuition
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How to use intuition in a sentence
If you’re proving something that relies on some sort of geometric intuition or visualization, I never felt sure that I had it 100% correct.
Conducting the Mathematical Orchestra From the Middle | Rachel Crowell | September 2, 2020 | Quanta Magazine“Neural networks are able to develop an artificial style of intuition,” Szegedy said.
How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning? | Stephen Ornes | August 27, 2020 | Quanta MagazineConjectures arise from inductive reasoning — a kind of intuition about an interesting problem — and proofs generally follow deductive, step-by-step logic.
How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning? | Stephen Ornes | August 27, 2020 | Quanta MagazineSometimes, though, when we do our first real model run, the results come close to my intuition anyway.
Our Election Forecast Didn’t Say What I Thought It Would | Nate Silver (nrsilver@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThis corresponds to our own intuitions and experiences, because we humans are almost always responding to what we sense and remember.
I fancy Holmes would have destroyed those theories with nothing more than his intuition.
intuition would suggest that economic development is the cause, and pro-gay policies are the effect.
It Gets Better—but Mostly if You Live in a Rich, Democratic Country | Jay Michaelson | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is an effective combination of intuition and market research.
How Those Crazy Democratic Fundraising Emails Work | David Freedlander | October 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPolice files on young people can now be opened with no higher standard than “strong intuition” that they might go abroad to fight.
Western Jihadists in Syria Threaten to Bring Their War Back Home | Maajid Nawaz | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer intuition told her that her job was to continue saving lives rather than join politics.
But Ramona saw now, with infallible intuition, that even as she had loved Alessandro, so Felipe loved her.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonIn that poignant moment of self-revelation Tom's cumbersome machinery of intuition did not fail him.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodOh, yes, you needn't tell me again that it's difficult to distinguish between fancy and intuition.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodHe fathomed every complication of heart and mind in the modern woman by an intuition of the laws which control her development.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheShe got the tales by intuition rather than by words, though she was picking up some French at that.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart
British Dictionary definitions for intuition
/ (ˌɪntjʊˈɪʃən) /
knowledge or belief obtained neither by reason nor by perception
instinctive knowledge or belief
a hunch or unjustified belief
philosophy immediate knowledge of a proposition or object such as Kant's account of our knowledge of sensible objects
the supposed faculty or process by which we obtain any of these
Origin of intuition
1Derived forms of intuition
- intuitional, adjective
- intuitionally, adverb
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