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intuition

noun

1 intuition

Instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes).

Roget 450: intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle; rationality; cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties; faculties, senses, ... show more

Dutch: feeling, instinct, intuïtie
Polish: trzecie oko, szósty zmysł, zmysł, intuicja, wyczucie

2 intuition

An impression that something might be the case:
— He had an intuition that something had gone wrong.

synonyms: hunch, suspicion.

Roget 477: intuition, instinct, association, hunch, gut feeling; presentiment, premonition; rule of thumb; superstition; astrology; faith (supposition) 514.    sophistry, ... show more

Roget 490: knowledge; cognizance, cognition, cognoscence; acquaintance, experience, ken [Scot.], privity, insight, familiarity; comprehension, apprehension; recognition; appreciation ... show more

Dutch: verdenking
Polish: przeczucie


Moby thesaurus: ESP, anschauung, clairsentience, clairvoyance, common sense, extrasensory perception, feeling, foreboding, forefeeling, foresight, funny feeling, hunch, impression, insight, instinct, intimation, intuitive impression, intuitiveness, lucidity, mother wit ... show more.

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