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 Definitions of Intuition  [ˌɪn tuˈɪʃ ən, -tyu-]  

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Definition of 'Intuition' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) intuition
direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.

2.  intuition
a fact, truth, etc., perceived in this way.

3.  intuition
a keen and quick insight.

4.  intuition
the quality or ability of having such direct perception or quick insight.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME < ML intuitiō, LL: the act of gazing at, look)

Definition of 'Intuition' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) intuition
instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

2. (noun) intuition, hunch, suspicion
an impression that something might be the case
"he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"


Definition of 'Intuition' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) intuition
the ability to know because of instinct, not information
She had always followed her intuition.


Definition of 'Intuition' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Intuition
a looking after; a regard to

2. (noun) Intuition
direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from "mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension

3. (noun) Intuition
any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth


Definitions of 'Intuition' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  Intuition
a name given to immediate knowledge, as distinct from mediate or inferential knowledge, and which is matter of consciousness or direct perception.


Definition of 'Intuition' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Intuition
Knowing or understanding without conscious use of reasoning. (Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, 1994)


Translation of 'Intuition' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the power of understanding or ralizing something without thinking it out
She knew by intuition that he was telling her the truth.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: intuïsie Arabic flag Arabic: حَدْس، بَديهَه، بَداهَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: интуиция
Brazilian flag Brazilian: intuição Czech flag Czech: intuice German flag German: die Intuition
Danish flag Danish: intuition Greek flag Greek: διαίσθηση Spanish flag Spanish: intuición
Estonian flag Estonian: intuitsioon Farsi flag Farsi: درون یافت ؛ شهود Finnish flag Finnish: intuitio
French flag French: intuition Hebrew flag Hebrew: חוּש Hindi flag Hindi: अन्तर्ज्ञान
Croatian flag Croatian: intuicija Hungarian flag Hungarian: ösztönös megérzés Indonesian flag Indonesian: intuisi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: innsæi Italian flag Italian: intuizione Japanese flag Japanese: 直観力
Korean flag Korean: 직관력 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: intuicija Latvian flag Latvian: intuīcija
Malay flag Malay: gerak hati Dutch flag Dutch: intuaatie Norwegian flag Norwegian: intuisjon
Polish flag Polish: intuicja Persian flag Persian: شعور، درك Pashto flag Pashto: شعور، پوهيدنه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: intuição Romanian flag Romanian: intui­ţie Russian flag Russian: интуиция
Slovak flag Slovak: intuícia Slovenian flag Slovenian: nagon Serbian flag Serbian: intuicija
Swedish flag Swedish: intuition Thai flag Thai: การหยั่งรู้ที่เกิดขึ้นในใ Turkish flag Turkish: önsezi, içe doğma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 直覺力 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: інтуїція Urdu flag Urdu: فوری بصیرت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trực giác Chinese flag Chinese: 直觉

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