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intuition
[ in-too-ish-uhn, -tyoo- ]
/ ˌɪn tuˈɪʃ ən, -tyu- /
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noun
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.
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Origin of intuition
OTHER WORDS FROM intuition
in·tu·i·tion·less, adjectiveWords nearby intuition
intrust, intubate, intubation, INTUC, intuit, intuition, intuitional, intuitionalism, intuitionism, intuitive, intuitively
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British Dictionary definitions for intuition
intuition
/ (ˌɪntjʊˈɪʃən) /
noun
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
Derived forms of intuition
intuitional, adjectiveintuitionally, adverbWord Origin for intuition
C15: from Late Latin intuitiō a contemplation, from Latin intuērī to gaze upon, from tuērī to look at
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