Intuitionnoun
Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
Perceptiveadjective
Having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
âHe is so perceptive when it comes to other people's feelings.â;
Intuitionnoun
A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.
Perceptiveadjective
Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.
Intuitionnoun
A looking after; a regard to.
âWhat, no reflection on a reward! He might have an intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not the cause, of his pains.â;
Perceptiveadjective
of or relating to perception;
âperceptive facultiesâ;
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.
âSagacity and a nameless something more, - let us call it intuition.â;
Perceptiveadjective
having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment;
âa perceptive eyeâ; âa perceptive observationâ;
Intuitionnoun
Any object or truth discerned by intuition.
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.
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.
Intuitionnoun
instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
Intuitionnoun
an impression that something might be the case;
âhe had an intuition that something had gone wrongâ;
Intuitionnoun
the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning
âwe shall allow our intuition to guide usâ;
Intuitionnoun
a thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning
âyour insights and intuitions as a native speaker are positively soughtâ;
Intuition
Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without recourse to conscious reasoning. Different fields use the word in very different ways, including but not limited to: direct access to unconscious knowledge; unconscious cognition; inner sensing; inner insight to unconscious pattern-recognition; and the ability to understand something instinctively, without any need for conscious reasoning.The word intuition comes from the Latin verb intueri translated as or from the late middle English word intuit, .
âintuitionâ; âconsiderâ; âto contemplateâ;