intuition

in-tu-i-tion · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The ability to understand or know something immediately, without conscious reasoning.

  2. 2.

    A thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning.

Forms

plural: intuitions

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    women's intuition — The supposed ability of women to sense things instinctively.
  • •
    trust your intuition — Rely on your instinctive feelings.

Related words

Antonyms: analysis, logic, reasoning
See also: hunch, instinct, intuitive
Synonyms: gut feeling, hunch, instinct

Etymology

From Late Latin intuitio ("a looking at, consideration"), from Latin intueri ("to look at, consider"), from in- ("at") + tueri ("to look at, watch").