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intuition noun [ ɪntjʊˈɪʃ(ə)n ]

• the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.
• "we shall allow our intuition to guide us"
Similar: instinct, intuitiveness, sixth sense, divination, clairvoyance, second sight, ESP (extrasensory perception),
Opposite: intellect,
Origin: late Middle English (denoting spiritual insight or immediate spiritual communication): from late Latin intuitio(n- ), from Latin intueri ‘consider’ (see intuit).


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