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English noun: intuition

1. intuition (cognition) instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)


Broader (hypernym)basic cognitive process


Narrower (hyponym)feeling, gnosis, immediacy, immediate apprehension, insight, inspiration, intuitive feeling, sixth sense

2. intuition (cognition) an impression that something might be the case


SamplesHe had an intuition that something had gone wrong.


Synonymshunch, suspicion


Broader (hypernym)belief, feeling, impression, notion, opinion


Narrower (hyponym)bosom, heart









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