intuition
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intuition
- /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/ UK
- /-t͡ʃuː-/ UK
- /ˌɪn.tuˈɪʃ.ən/ Canada, US
- /ˌɪn.tjuˈɪʃ.ən/ Canada, US
Where it comes from
From Middle French intuition, from Medieval Latin intuitiō (“a looking at, immediate cognition”), from Latin intueor (“to look at, consider”), from in- (“in, on”) + tueor (“to look, watch, guard, see, observe”). Equivalent to intuit + -ion.
noun intuitions · intuïtion
- Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes. The native speaker's grammatical competence is reflected in two types of intuition which speakers have about their native language(s) — (i) intuitions about sentence well-formedness, and (ii) intuitions about sentence structure. The word intuition is used here in a technical sense which has become s
- A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: suspicion, hunch, instinct, insight, vision, sense, guess, premonition, feeling, expectancy, character, glimmer, vibe, esp, gut, perception
Translations
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noun immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
| Español | intuición |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | सहजबोध sahajbodh |
| Português | intuição |
| Français | intuition |
| Deutsch | Intuition, Ahnung, Anschauung, Eingebung, Einfühlungsvermögen, Gespür |
| Italiano | intuito |
| Ελληνικά | διαίσθηση diaísthisi, αισθητήριο aisthitírio, ενόραση enórasi |
| Română | intuiție |
| Русский | предчу́вствие predčúvstvije, интуи́ция intuícija |
| Tiếng Việt | trực giác |
| العربية | حَدْس ḥads |
noun perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
| Español | intuición |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 직관 jikgwan, 직감 jikgam |
| 日本語 | 直覚 chokkaku, 直感 chokkan |
| 中文 | 直覺 /直觉 zhíjué, 直感 zhígǎn |
| हिन्दी | सहजबोध sahajbodh |
| Português | intuição |
| Français | intuition |
| Deutsch | Intuition |
| Italiano | intuizione |
| Ελληνικά | διαίσθηση diaísthisi |
| Română | intuiție |
| Русский | интуи́ция intuícija |
| العربية | حَدْس ḥads |
Talk about this word "intuition." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/intuition. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. intuition. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/intuition "intuition." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/intuition.Cite this
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title = {intuition},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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