intuition

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< Mediaeval Latin intuitio (a looking at, immediate cognition) < Latin intueri (to look at, consider) < in (in, on) + tueri (to look, watch, guard, see, observe).

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intuition

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intuition (plural intuitions)

  1. Immediate cognition without the use of conscious or rational processes.
  2. A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.

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intuition

  1. Genitive singular form of intuitio.