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intuition

[ in-too-ish-uhn, -tyoo- ]

noun

  1. direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
  2. a fact, truth, etc., perceived in this way.
  3. a keen and quick insight.
  4. the quality or ability of having such direct perception or quick insight.
  5. Philosophy.
    1. an immediate cognition of an object not inferred or determined by a previous cognition of the same object.
    2. any object or truth so discerned.
    3. pure, untaught, noninferential knowledge.
  6. 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.


intuition

/ ˌɪԳʊˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. knowledge or belief obtained neither by reason nor by perception
  2. instinctive knowledge or belief
  3. a hunch or unjustified belief
  4. philosophy immediate knowledge of a proposition or object such as Kant's account of our knowledge of sensible objects
  5. the supposed faculty or process by which we obtain any of these
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԳٳˈپDzԲ, adjective
  • ˌԳٳˈپDzԲly, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • t·tDz· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of intuition1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Late Latin Գٳܾپō-, stem of Գٳܾپō “contemplation,” equivalent to Latin intuit(us), past participle of Գٳŧī “to gaze at, contemplate” + -ion; in- 2, tuition
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of intuition1

C15: from Late Latin Գٳܾپō a contemplation, from Latin Գٳŧī to gaze upon, from ٳŧī to look at
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The average American voter gropes and searches their way through political questions, seeks direction from sources they trust, and is guided by emotion and intuition.

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But here, buoyed by the well-stocked cupboard, I could trust my senses of smell and taste, the recommendations of vendors and a touch of intuition.

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Our moral sense is grounded in intuition, not reason, Gray argues, and in perception rather than objective reality.

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With insufficient medical literature to guide them, the team had to rely on their "intuition, skill and knowledge", he added.

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“We were going off of our intuition and fear. They should’ve evacuated everybody when we left, told us to pack up everything we need and to leave. But nothing.”

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