intuition
/ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/
intuition means immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes. It carries an Arena rating of 1597, earned across 4 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, intuition ranks #476 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #923 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #2,783 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #3,338 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words.
intuition is pronounced /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/.
Why “intuition” is a great word
The direct apprehension of knowledge or truth without the intermediary of conscious reasoning. 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, see"). Unlike reason, which builds its citadel one logical brick at a time, or instinct, which surges from the body’s ancient rhythms, intuition is the mind’s quiet flash of sight—the chess master’s move before analysis, the chill down the spine in an empty house, the solution that appears upon waking. It is knowing not because you were told, but because you stood still long enough to see.
Etymology
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.
noun
- Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
- A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.
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