Definitions for Intuition
ˌɪn tuˈɪʃ ən, -tyu-Intu·ition

Princeton's WordNet(2.60 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. intuitionnoun

   instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

2. intuition, hunch, suspicionnoun

   an impression that something might be the case

   "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

GCIDE(3.13 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Intuitionnoun

   Any quick insight, recognized immediately without a reasoning process; a belief arrived at unconsciously; -- often it is based on extensive experience of a subject.

   Etymology: [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on; in- in, on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See Tuition.]

2. Intuitionnoun

   The ability to have insight into a matter without conscious thought; as, his chemical intuition allowed him to predict compound conformations without any conscious calculation; a mother's intuition often tells her what is best for her child.

   Etymology: [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on; in- in, on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See Tuition.]

Wiktionary(2.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. intuitionnoun

   Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.

   Etymology: From intuitio, from intueri, from in + tueri.

2. intuitionnoun

   A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.

   Etymology: From intuitio, from intueri, from in + tueri.

Wikipedia(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Intuition

   Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without recourse to conscious reasoning. Different writers give the word "intuition" a great variety of different meanings, ranging from direct access to unconscious knowledge, unconscious cognition, inner sensing, inner insight to unconscious pattern-recognition and the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.The word intuition comes from the Latin verb intueri translated as "consider" or from the late middle English word intuit, "to contemplate".

Webster Dictionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Intuitionnoun

   a looking after; a regard to

   Etymology: [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on; in- in, on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See Tuition.]

2. Intuitionnoun

   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

   Etymology: [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on; in- in, on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See Tuition.]

3. Intuitionnoun

   any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth

   Etymology: [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on; in- in, on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See Tuition.]

Freebase(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Intuition

   Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without inference and/or the use of reason. "The word 'intuition' comes from the Latin word 'intueri' which is usually translated as 'to look inside' or 'to contemplate'." Intuition provides us with beliefs that we cannot justify in every case. For this reason, it has been the subject of study in psychology, as well as a topic of interest in the supernatural. The "right brain" is popularly associated with intuitive processes such as aesthetic abilities. Some scientists have contended that intuition is associated with innovation in scientific discovery. Intuition is also a common subject of New Age writings.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Intuition

   in-tū-ish′un, n. the power of the mind by which it immediately perceives the truth of things without reasoning or analysis: a truth so perceived, immediate knowledge in contrast with mediate.—v.t. and v.i. In′tuit, to know intuitively.—adj. Intuit′ional.—ns. Intuit′ionalism, the doctrine that the perception of truth is by intuition; Intuit′ionalist.—adj. Intū′itive, perceived or perceiving by intuition: received or known by simple inspection.—adv. Intū′itively.—n. Intū′itivism. [L. in, into or upon, tuēri, tuitus, to look.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(2.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Intuition

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

U.S. National Library of Medicine(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Intuition

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

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. INTUITION

   A fictitious quality in females--really Suspicion.

Editors Contribution(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. intuition

   To feel, know and understand through the conscience, consciousness, mind, senses, spirit, soul and subconscious.

   Her intuition is always accurate and she feels a dignified and humble sense of confidence.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 18, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Intuition in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Intuition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Intuition in a Sentence

1. Naomi Christie:

   I’m definitely aware when these things happen. For me, it’s a reminder of the evils that exist in the world and how important it is to not lose sight and to trust our gut and intuition.

2. Thiruman Archunan:

   The world is continuously discontinuous. It is continuous for intuition and thinking; discontinuous for reason and observation. The human senses break it down but the unconvinced mind unites it.

3. Alain Wertheimer:

   Thanks to his creative genius, generosity and exceptional intuition, Karl Lagerfeld was ahead of his time, which widely contributed to the House of Chanel's success throughout the world.

4. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich:

   1. Art is a fusion of various dimensions, as if the cosmic exoticism of thinking. 2. Designated as a horse carousel, each has its own seating shape. 3. Loneliness is a very beautiful, romantic depression of reality. 4. The intuition of the subconscious is the mother of all arts - this is the navigator of the imagination leading to innovation. 5. All the romantics in the soul and mind are too mature. 6. Thought is the stage of the death of egoism and the transition to eternity of romance.

5. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich:

   1. Wide wardrobe and dressing room of our self. The show begins. And in reincarnation, it must go on forever. Show of despair and self-deception. The person is not sincere towards himself. Illusions make you lie to yourself. Man consists of various self-suggestions. Sincerity is purity of heart. Few strive for truth without self-deception. A performance of selfishness where truth is parodied. 2. A person feels an emptiness inside, and a web of illusions that connects all the neurons of the relationship of thinking to which thoughts stick. A person consists of retro nostalgia and all values ​​remain in the past and fly away somewhere far away from us. The loose sands of the temptations of this world bury us alive. The emptiness inside through which the light of insight passes. You need to feel the emptiness inside to be cleansed of this world. To know the purity of consciousness. And only then will the revelations of the true self be revealed. When you stop pretending. In the silence of emptiness, you will know the truth of all that exists. 3. Death will unite times. 4. Philosophy is the blurry energy of the universe. Plunging into ourselves into the endless cosmos of inner space, wandering in endless worlds created by imagination, the basis of which is the distortion of a crooked mirror from the real world, and so we turn reality itself into a paradoxical looking glass. Through the prism of our self-interest of selfishness and despair. Improving yourself by immersing yourself in yourself. We are turning into a dimension with extraordinary energy. 5. We reveal the facets of our world, and we bring the facets of our mind to life, the abundance of illusions is an endless world of temptations and dreams, and dreams are like tears from the depths of our subconscious, as the bitter juice of sincerity flows down the face of our self, the world forms us terrible mutations of distorted reality, we cease to understand what reality is, we cease to understand ourselves and others, the round world as the infinity of cyclical life, gives rise to detachment from the past in us, and the future as a cultural shock of quantum changes sounds like a parody of the past. And the future scares us, so we want to be stuck in the past, and you are like a hermit crab in the shell of the past, you are warmed by nostalgia at night, and you want the thread of memories to never end. Painful transformations of the future, tears us off from the foundations as fetters and plunges either into flight or fall. City lights as signals of the subconscious, drowning intuition. 6. 1. All the cogs in the head are like a time machine spinning in the head, we cannot stop time and the time machine is all the lives that we have lived. And time presses on us and transforms us into something that we did not even suspect. 2. Time leads to the endless depths of self-knowledge. Time is hypnosis of space associated with our subconsciousness. Creates an epiphany portal through a chain of events. 3. Neon fornication in which our souls are lost, the lights of delusion and temptations beckon us as a chain of events leading into the void of nothingness. We learn revelation through suffering. In the darkness of eternity, we see lights that lead us away from the true path. 4. The world is a complex technology. We invade the void and create even more illusory holographic illusion. Hallucinations of seduction shape the plot of our life. Torn away from the world and its foundations. We are in the oblivion space. Prisoners of the esoteric technocracy of the universe. 7. Reincarnation is a degrading franchise. 8. Modern society has plunged into infantile oblivion. 9. 1. Surrealistic symbolism of the paradoxes of reality, reveals the philosophy of egoism. This makes society paradoxical and absurd. 2. In the well of truth, tears of insight. 10. 1. In this tree, every foliage contains the circulatory system of life. It exists according to the laws of the universe and therefore lives longer than people. A form of life that is absolutely sinless. A perfect state in which you are in harmony with the universe. Man survives, but the tree lives. Because our body is very moody from instincts. The body wants a lot, but the tree wants to live. And it absorbs the energy of the wisdom of the universe into itself. In peace and humility, we know the sincerity of life. 2. We plunge through a painful rebirth and culture shock that transforms society by adding the options of a new person to a person, the technological development of a person, which will form a highly technological thinking. Author: Musin Almat Zhumabekovich

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