intuition
in·tu·i·tion (ĭn'to͞o-ĭshʹən, -tyo͞o-)n. 1. a. The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition. See Synonyms at reason. b. Knowledge gained by the use of this faculty; a perceptive insight. 2. A sense of something not evident or deducible; an impression. [Middle English intuicioun, insight, from Late Latin intuitiō, intuitiōn-, a looking at, from Latin intuitus, a look, from past participle of intuērī, to look at, contemplate : in-, on; see in-2 + tuērī, to look at.] in'tu·iʹtion·al adj.in'tu·iʹtion·al·ly adv.
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