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intuition Definition

in·tui·tion (in′to̵̅o̅ is̸h′ən, -tyo̵̅o̅-)

noun

  1. the direct knowing or learning of something without the conscious use of reasoning; immediate understanding
  2. something known or learned in this way
  3. the ability to perceive or know things without conscious reasoning

Etymology: LL < L intuitus, pp. of intueri, to look at, regard < in-, in + tueri, to look at, view

intuition Related Forms

in′·tui′·tional adjective in′·tui′·tion·ally adverb

intuition Synonyms

intuition

n.

presentiment, foreknowledge, inspiration, sixth sense; see feeling 4, hunch 2.

intuition Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • enhance: He has spent the last twenty-five years studying ancient tools that enhance intuition.
  • express: It is a set of metaphors and images and a language for expressing intuitions honed after years of training.
  • develop: This concept is useful in developing an intuition for what drives the cost of assembly.
  • call: On the highest level is the vision of the spirit; that which we call intuition.
  • require: Analytical thinking requires both intuition and reason, or more correctly, both intuition and insight.
  • have: Unfortunately, I fail to have any intuitions about " say " !

Converse of subject

guide: Let me give you a practical example of being guided by intuition from my own experience.

Adjective modifier

  • feminine: She mocks the convention of ' feminine intuition ' .
  • geometric: His treatment has the great merit of being completely algebraic in character and of meeting every difficulty without an appeal to geometric intuition.
  • psychic: How astrologers combine psychic intuition and science to guess the lottery numbers?
  • moral: Our most basic moral intuition, according to Feldman, is simply stated: we ought to do the best we can.
  • pure: In its purest form intuition is about understanding how we function on the inside, knowing what we are truly like.
  • mathematical: An example of Hahn's ideas on mathematical intuition are given in extracts we reproduce in the article Hahn's crisis in intuition.

Modifies a noun

  • cannot: However, he recognizes that this intuition cannot be relied on.
  • function: An ENFP is likely to start to solve a problem by using the iNtuition function.

Noun used with modifier

sense: I believe that this common sense intuition is basically sound.

Possessives

  • woman: Queen S: You can't fight women's intuition, you know, Fergus.
  • one: However, I do not wish to suggest that one's intuition that they are is entirely stupid.
  • people: When numbers are high, he says, people's intuition fails them, and they tend to grab at round figures irrationally.

Preposition: of

two-oneness: Likewise, the intuitionists ' claim that only the intuition of two-oneness is legitimate may be acceptable in only temporal and limited ways.