Intuition

[ɪntjʊ'ɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɪntu'ɪʃən]

Definition

(noun.) instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes).

(noun.) an impression that something might be the case; 'he had an intuition that something had gone wrong'.

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Definition

(n.) A looking after; a regard to.

(n.) Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from "mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension.

(n.) Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth.

Typist: Wolfgang

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Immediate perception (by the intellect), immediate knowledge, instinctive knowledge, direct cognition, apprehension at first sight.

Checker: McDonald

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Instinct, apprehension, recognition, insight

ANT:Information, learning, instruction, elaboration, acquirement, induction,experience

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Definition

n. the power of the mind by which it immediately perceives the truth of things without reasoning or analysis: a truth so perceived immediate knowledge in contrast with mediate.—v.t. and v.i. In′tuit to know intuitively.—adj. Intuit′ional.—ns. Intuit′ionalism the doctrine that the perception of truth is by intuition; Intuit′ionalist.—adj. Intū′itive perceived or perceiving by intuition: received or known by simple inspection.—adv. Intū′itively.—n. Intū′itivism.

Editor: Maureen

Unserious Contents or Definition

A fictitious quality in females—really Suspicion.

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Examples

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