- Pronunciation:
- \ˌin-tü-ˈi-shən, -tyü-\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Middle English intuycyon, from Late Latin intuition-, intuitio act of contemplating, from Latin intuēri to look at, contemplate, from in- + tuēri to look at
- Date:
- 15th century
1: quick and ready insight2 a: immediate apprehension or cognition b: knowledge or conviction gained by intuition c: the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference --merriam webster
1. instinctive knowledge: the state of being aware of or knowing something without having to discover or perceive it, or the ability to do this --msn encarta
Intuition is apparent ability to acquire knowledge without a clear inference or reasoning process.
It is "the immediate apprehension of an object by the mind without the intervention of any reasoning process" [Oxford English Dictionary]. --wikipedia
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