intuition

(ĭn'tū-ĭsh'ən, -tyū-)

1. 1. The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition. See synonyms at reason.
   2. Knowledge gained by the use of this faculty; a perceptive insight.
2. A sense of something not evident or deducible; an impression.

[Middle English intuicioun, insight, from Late Latin intuitiō, intuitiōn-, a looking at, from Latin intuitus, a look, from past participle of intuērī, to look at, contemplate : in-, on; see in-² + tuērī, to look at.]

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A student's intuition moves far more swiftly than can an instruction manual, and I believe that self-tuition is the finest form of education—R. Brindle Smith, 1986

Whatever that small voice of intuition was telling her about her destiny, common-sense decreed that the Prince already had a full hand of potential suitors—A. Morton, 1993

(instinct) Blythswood Square, once home of the infamous poisoner Madaleine Smith, and latterly, numerous other ladies with hearts of loose change and the instincts of a blushing tarantula—E. Chisnall, 1989

Running out was totally unprofessional, but she had acted purely on instinct—J. Evans, 1993.

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noun

1. Intuitive cognition: feeling, hunch, idea, impression, suspicion. See thoughts.
2. The power to discern the true nature of a person or situation: insight, instinct, intuitiveness, penetration, sixth sense. See thoughts.

Definition: insight
Antonyms: intellect, knowledge, reason, reasoning

Immediate awareness, either of the truth of some proposition, or of an object of apprehension such as a concept. Awareness of the passage of time, or of the ineffable nature of God, have equally been claimed as intuitions. The notion is frequently regarded with suspicion, as simply labelling the place where the philosophical understanding of the source of our knowledge stops. In the philosophy of Kant intuition (Anschauung) has an empirical form, covering the sensible apprehension of things, and as pure intuition it is that which structures sensation into the experience of things in space and time.

Human faculty by which individuals are aware of facts not accessible to normal sensory or mental processes. Some apparent intuition may be attributed to unconscious sensory or mental perception or deduction. Other intuitive awareness suggests paranormal faculty.

— Richard L. Gregory

Quotes:

"Good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured it out." - Michael Burke

"Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality." - Alexis Carrel

"The only real valuable thing is intuition." - Albert Einstein

"It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner." - Dr. Jonas Salk

"There is no instinct like that of the heart." - Lord Byron

"Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be Revelation." - Eileen Caddy

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• Mental States, Processes, and Behavior - intuition: ability to understand quickly through feeling, not analysis
• Notions, Ideas, and Methods - intuition: direct apprehension of knowledge, without application of reason
• Intuition and Imagination - intuition: direct knowledge or insight independent of any reasoning process
• Enlightenment, Truth, and the Unknowable - intuition: revelation by insight or innate knowledge, without reasoning

Look up intuition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Intuition may refer to:

• Intuition (philosophy), immediate (not inferred) a priori knowledge or experiential belief
• Intuition (psychology), acquiring beliefs in ways that bypass ordinary justification

In music:

• Intuition (Angela Bofill album)
• Intuition (DJ Encore album)
• Intuition (Jamie Foxx album)
• "Intuition" (John Lennon song), a song from John Lennon's album Mind Games
• Intuition (TNT album)
• "Intuition" (song), a 2003 song by Jewel
• Intuition (Bill Evans album)
• "Intuition", a song by Selena Gomez & the Scene from the album A Year Without Rain
• "Intuition", a song by British soul/funk band Linx

In other uses:

• Intuition (MBTI), one of the four axes of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
• Intuition (Amiga), a graphical user interface toolkit supplied with the Commodore Amiga
• Intuition (Bergson), the philosophical method of Henri Bergson
• Intuition Peak, a geographical feature in Antarctica
• Intuition, a book by Allegra Goodman

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - intuition, umiddelbar opfattelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
intuïtie

Français (French)
n. - intuition, sens, flair

Deutsch (German)
n. - Intuition

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ενστικτώδης) διαίσθηση, ενόραση

Italiano (Italian)
intuizione, intuito

Português (Portuguese)
n. - intuição (f)

Русский (Russian)
интуиция

Español (Spanish)
n. - intuición, presentimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - intuition, omedelbar uppfattning, ingivelse

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
直觉, 直觉的知识

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 直覺, 直覺的知識

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 직각, 직관

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 直覚, 直観, 直観力

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حدس, , بديهه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בינת-הלב, טביעת-עין, אינטואיציה, תפיסה מיידית של המוח ללא חשיבה‬

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