insight
insight definition
in·sight (in′sīt′)
noun
- the ability to see and understand clearly the inner nature of things, esp. by intuition
- a clear understanding of the inner nature of some specific thing
- Psychol. awareness of one's own mental attitudes and behavior
- Psychiatry recognition of one's own mental disorder
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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