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intuition

in·tui·tion

UK/ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/ US/-t͡ʃuː-/ fairly common

noun

1.

instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

2.

an impression that something might be the case

  • “he had an intuition that something had gone wrong”
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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • Gettier intuition
  • intuition line
  • intuition pump
  • line of intuition

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