English noun: insight |
1. | insight (cognition) clear or deep perception of a situation |
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| Synonyms | penetration |
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| Broader (hypernym) | perception |
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2. | insight (feeling) a feeling of understanding |
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| Synonyms | perceptiveness, perceptivity |
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| Broader (hypernym) | sensibility |
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3. | insight (cognition) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation |
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| Synonyms | brainstorm, brainwave |
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| Broader (hypernym) | apprehension, discernment, savvy, understanding |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | breakthrough, discovery, find, flash, light, revelation |
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4. | insight (cognition) grasping the inner nature of things intuitively |
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| Synonyms | sixth sense |
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| Broader (hypernym) | intuition |
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