Added 8 October 2026
intuition
/ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/ noun
Latin root: intuitiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about intuition at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes).
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An impression that something might be the case.
he had an intuition that something had gone wrong
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.
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