| NOUN | cognition | intuition | instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes) |
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| cognition | intuition, hunch, suspicion | an impression that something might be the case |
| Sounds | ih.ntuwih'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes). | |
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| Narrower | feeling, intuitive feeling | An intuitive understanding of something |
| gnosis | intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths | |
| immediacy, immediate apprehension | immediate intuitive awareness | |
| insight, sixth sense | grasping the inner nature of things intuitively | |
| inspiration | A sudden intuition as part of solving a problem | |
| Broader | basic cognitive process | cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge |
| Spanish | intuición | |
| Catalan | intuïció | |
| Verbs | intuit | know or grasp by intuition or feeling |
| Meaning | An impression that something might be the case. | |
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| Example | "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" | |
| Synonyms | hunch, suspicion | |
| Narrower | heart, bosom | The locus of feelings and intuitions |
| Broader | impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion | A vague idea in which some confidence is placed |
| Spanish | intuición, presentimiento | |
| Catalan | intuïció | |
| Verbs | intuit | know or grasp by intuition or feeling |
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