Meanings
nounintuition (countable and uncountable, plural intuitions)
plural intuitions · alternative intuïtion
- countableuncountableImmediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
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The native speaker's grammatical competence is reflected in two types of intuition which speakers have about their native language(s) — (i) intuitions about sentence well-formedness, and (ii) intuitions about sentence structure. The word intuition is used here in a technical sense which has become standardised in Linguistics: by saying that a native speaker has intuitions about the well-formedness and structure of sentences, all we are saying is that he has the ability to make judgments about whether a given sentence is well-formed or not, and about whether it has a particular structure or not. [...]
1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics), volume 1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 4 - countableuncountableA perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan impression that something might be the case
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinintueor“to look at, consider”
- Medieval Latinintuitiō“a looking at, immediate cognition”
- Middle Frenchintuition
- Englishintuition
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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Arabic حَدْس, حَدْس
- حَدْس (ḥads)immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- حَدْس (ḥads)perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Bulgarian предчу́вствие, интуиция
- предчу́вствие (predčúvstvie)immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- интуиция (intuicija)immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- интуиция (intuicija)perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Catalan intuïció, intuïció
- intuïcióimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuïcióperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Chinese Mandarin 直覺 /直觉, 直感
- 直覺 /直觉 (zhíjué)perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
- 直感 (zhígǎn)perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Czech intuice
- intuiceimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
Danish intuition, intuition
- intuitionimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuitionperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Dutch intuïtie, intuïtie
- intuïtieimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuïtieperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Esperanto intuicio
- intuicioimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
Finnish intuitio, vaisto
- intuitioimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- vaistoimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuitioperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
- vaistoperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
- aavistusperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
French intuition, intuition
- intuitionimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuitionperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
German Intuition, Ahnung
- Intuitionimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- Ahnungimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- Anschauungimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- Eingebungimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- Einfühlungsvermögenimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- Gespürimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- unmittelbare Erkenntnisimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- Intuitionperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Greek διαίσθηση, αισθητήριο
- διαίσθηση (diaísthisi)immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- αισθητήριο (aisthitírio)immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- ενόραση (enórasi)immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- διαίσθηση (diaísthisi)perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Hindi सहजबोध, सहजबोध
- सहजबोध (sahajbodh)immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- सहजबोध (sahajbodh)perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Hungarian intuíció
- intuícióimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
Indonesian gerak hati, intuisi
- gerak hatiimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuisiimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuisiperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Italian intuito, intuizione
- intuitoimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuizioneperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Japanese 直覚, 直感
- 直覚 (chokkaku)perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
- 直感 (chokkan)perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Korean 직관, 직감
- 직관 (jikgwan)perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
- 직감 (jikgam)perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Latvian intuīcija
- intuīcijaimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
Lithuanian intuicija
- intuicijaimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
Malay gerak hati, intuisi
- gerak hatiimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuisiimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
Māori pūmanawa, rongo ā-manawa
- pūmanawaimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- rongo ā-manawaimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- pūmanawaperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Norwegian Bokmål intuisjon, intuisjon
- intuisjonimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuisjonperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Persian شهود
- شهود (šohud)immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
Polish intuicja, intuicja
- intuicjaimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuicjaperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Portuguese intuição, intuição
- intuiçãoimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuiçãoperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Romanian intuiție, intuiție
- intuițieimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuițieperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Russian предчу́вствие, интуи́ция
- предчу́вствие (predčúvstvije)immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- интуи́ция (intuícija)immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- интуи́ция (intuícija)perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Spanish intuición, intuición
- intuiciónimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuiciónperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Swedish intuition, intuition
- intuitionimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- intuitionperceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Thai อัชฌัตติกญาณ
- อัชฌัตติกญาณimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
Turkish görü, sezgi
- görüimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- sezgiimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- entüisyonimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
Ukrainian інтуї́ція, інтуї́ція
- інтуї́ція (intujícija)immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
- інтуї́ція (intujícija)perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
Vietnamese trực giác
- trực giácimmediate cognition without the use of rational processes
Cite this entry
APA
intuition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intuition
MLA
“intuition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intuition. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intuition,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intuition.
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