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intuition

nounPronunciation: /ˌɪn.tuˈɪʃ.ən/

In Portuguese: intuição

What does “intuition” mean?

The capacity to understand or know something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning or detailed analysis.

Etymology

From Late Latin intuitio, a looking at, from intueri, to look at or consider (in-, upon, and tueri, to look).

Concept

Source editions

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Words of the same theme

Saudadenoun
A profound, melancholic longing for an absent person, place, or time that is loved and remembered with bittersweet affection.
Anesthetizeverb
To administer an anesthetic to eliminate physical feeling, or figuratively to numb emotional or critical awareness.
Detachmentnoun
The state of being emotionally objective, aloof, or free from clingy psychological attachments to outcomes, possessions, or dogmas. In Eastern philosophy, it represents spiritual liberation.
Synchronicitynoun
The simultaneous occurrence of events that appear meaningfully related yet lack a direct causal connection.
Braverynoun
The moral quality or mental disposition that enables a person to encounter danger, difficulty, or acute pain with resolute courage, composure, and firmness of purpose.
Discernmentnoun
The ability to judge well, perceive keen distinctions, and grasp obscure psychological or practical truths.
Disciplinenoun
The practice of training one's mind and habits to adhere to rules, duties, and self-restraint.
Bamboozleverb
To deceive, confuse, or frustrate someone through deliberate trickery or misleading assertions.
Anesthetizingadjective
Producing numbness, insensibility, or temporary relief from pain and critical awareness. In media studies, it describes content that pacifies audiences into mindless consumption.
Humbleadjective
Having or showing a modest, unpretentious estimate of one's own importance and achievements.

Also from these editions: terms

Characternoun
A metal block engraved with a letter used in letterpress printing, as well as the intrinsic moral quality and strength of a person.
Impressionnoun
An indentation or mark produced on a surface by pressure, or an effect or feeling produced in someone's mind.
Hermeneuticsnoun
The branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, especially of literary texts and philosophical works. It examines how meaning is mediated through linguistic context.
autonomynoun
The condition or power of self-governance, independent decision-making, and freedom from external control.
Buttonnoun
A physical or graphical control element that triggers an immediate action or command when pressed or clicked. In software interfaces, buttons communicate system affordances through visual boundaries and labels.
Misogynynoun
Dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women that enforces patriarchal inequality and discrimination.
Recessionnoun
A significant and widespread decline in economic activity lasting across several months, typically marked by falling GDP, reduced industrial production, and rising unemployment.
Naivetynoun
Lack of worldly experience, cynicism, or judgment; natural innocence, simplicity, and uncorrupted openness of mind.
creativenoun
A person whose profession is to create, such as a designer, a copywriter or a writer. As a noun it is used mostly in the plural, creatives, for the creative professionals of a team or an agency.
aestheticsnoun
A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, artistic taste, and style.
Blissnoun
A state of supreme happiness, utter contentment, or serene, untroubled joy.
Paradoxicaladjective
Seemingly self-contradictory or absurd, yet expressing a possible or underlying truth upon deeper investigation.

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