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in⋅tu⋅i⋅tion

  [in-too-ish-uhn, -tyoo-]
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–noun
1. direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
2. a fact, truth, etc., perceived in this way.
3. a keen and quick insight.
4. the quality or ability of having such direct perception or quick insight.
5. Philosophy.
a. an immediate cognition of an object not inferred or determined by a previous cognition of the same object.
b. any object or truth so discerned.
c. pure, untaught, noninferential knowledge.
6. Linguistics. the ability of the native speaker to make linguistic judgments, as of the grammaticality, ambiguity, equivalence, or nonequivalence of sentences, deriving from the speaker's native-language competence.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < LL intuitiōn- (s. of intuitiō) contemplation, equiv. to L intuit(us), ptp. of intuērī to gaze at, contemplate + -iōn- -ion. See in- 2 , tuition

Related forms:
in⋅tu⋅i⋅tion⋅less, adjective
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Word Origin & History

intuition 
1497, from M.Fr. intuition, from L.L. intuitionem (nom. intuitio) "a looking at, consideration," from L. intuitus, pp. of intueri "look at, consider," from in- "at, on" + tueri "to look at, watch over" (see tuition). The verb intuit is an 1840 back-formation apparently coined by De Quincey.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·tu·ition
Pronunciation: "in-t(y)u-'ish-&n
Function: noun
1 : immediate apprehension or cognition without reasoningor inferring
2 : knowledge or conviction gained by intuition
3 : the power or faculty of gaining direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thoughtand inference —in·tu·it /in-'t(y)ü-&t/ transitive verb —in·tu·ition·al /"in-t(y)u-'ish-n&l,-&n-&l/ adjective —in·tu·itive /in-'t(y)ü-&t-iv/ adjective —in·tu·itive·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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