Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. intuition(noun)

   instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

2. intuition, hunch, suspicion(noun)

   an impression that something might be the case

   "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

GCIDE(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Intuition(n.)

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

2. Intuition(n.)

   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.

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

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. intuition(Noun)

   Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.

2. intuition(Noun)

   A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.

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

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Intuition(noun)

   a looking after; a regard to

2. Intuition(noun)

   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. Intuition(noun)

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

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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)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(0.00 / 0 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(1.00 / 1 vote)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(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Intuition

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

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. INTUITION

   A fictitious quality in females--really Suspicion.

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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

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. David Meyre:

   My intuition was correct.

2. H.W. Mann:

   Intuition is how God speaks to us

3. Albert Einstein:

   The only real valuable thing is intuition.

4. John Kord Lagemann:

   Intuition isn't the enemy, but the ally, of reason.

5. Dr. Jonas Salk:

   Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.

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