Meaning of INTUITIVE
| Pronunciation: | | in'tooitiv
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- [adj] obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
- [adj] spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency; "an intuitive revulsion"
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| | Synonyms: | | illogical, nonrational, self-generated, spontaneous, unlogical, visceral |
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| | Definition: | | \In*tu"i*tive\, a. [Cf. F. intuitif.]
1. Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.
2. Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing
without deduction or reasoning.
Whence the soul Reason receives, and reason is her
being, Discursive, or intuitive. --Milton.
3. Received. reached, obtained, or perceived, by intuition;
as, intuitive judgment or knowledge; -- opposed to
{deductive}. --Locke.
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| | Related Terms: | | anticipant, anticipatory, augural, clairvoyant, direct, divinatory, farseeing, farsighted, feeling, forehanded, foreknowing, forerunning, foreseeing, foreshadowing, foreshowing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, foretokening, forewarning, heavy with meaning, immediate, indicative, instinctual, intuitional, longsighted, meaningful, monitory, precognitive, precognizant, precursive, precursory, predictive, prefigurative, preindicative, premonitory, prepared, presageful, presaging, prescient, prognostic, prognosticative, provident, providential, prudent, ready, sagacious, second-sighted, sensing, significant, visceral, warning |
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