Insight Definition

ĭnsīt
insights
noun
insights
The ability to see and understand clearly the inner nature of things, esp. by intuition.
Webster's New World
A perception produced by this ability.
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A clear understanding of the inner nature of some specific thing.
Webster's New World
Awareness of one's own mental attitudes and behavior.
Webster's New World
Recognition of one's own mental disorder.
Webster's New World
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insight
Plural:
insights

Origin of Insight

  • From Middle English insight, insiht (“insight, mental vision, intelligence, understanding”), from in- (from Old English) + sight, siht (“sight, vision”), or from Old English insiht (“narrative, argument, account”). Compare Dutch inzicht (“insight, awareness, view, opinion”), German Einsicht (“insight, knowledge, perception, understanding”). More at in, sight.

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