Intuition
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English
Noun
Intuition (plural Intuitions)- Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
- A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.
Derived terms
Adjectives for Intuition
divinest; deepest; pure; unerring; special; sensible; extraordinary; mysterious; half-desolate; womanly; instinctive; judicious.
Thesaurus
ESP, anschauung, clairsentience, clairvoyance, common sense, extrasensory perception, feeling, foreboding, forefeeling, foresight, funny feeling, hunch, impression, insight, instinct, intimation, intuitive impression, intuitiveness, lucidity, mother wit, perception, perceptiveness, percipience, perspicacity, preapprehension, premonition, presentiment, psychometry, second sight, sixth sense, suspicion, vague feeling, vague idea
Alternative forms
- intuïtion (pedantic)
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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References
- Intuition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Intuition in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Finnish
Noun
intuition
- genitive singular form of intuitio
Anagrams
German
Noun
Intuition f. (genitive Intuition, plural Intuitionen</span>)
- intuition
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f. gender | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun |
| nominative | eine | die | Intuition | die | Intuitionen |
| genitive | einer | der | Intuition | der | Intuitionen |
| dative | einer | der | Intuition | den | Intuitionen |
| accusative | eine | die | Intuition | die | Intuitionen |
Etymology
French intuition
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʔɪntuiˈtsi̯oːn/
