intuition
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- intuïtion (pedantic)
[edit] Etymology
From Medieval Latin intuitio (“a looking at, immediate cognition”), from Latin intueri (“to look at, consider”), from in (“in, on”) + tueri (“to look, watch, guard, see, observe”).
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[edit] Noun
intuition (plural intuitions)
- Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
- A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.
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[edit] Translations
immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
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perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
[edit] References
- intuition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- intuition in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Noun
intuition
- Genitive singular form of intuitio.
