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int-yoo-ISHUN/ˌɪntjuˈɪʃn/

Intuition is the ability to know something without conscious reasoning: trust your intuition, intuition about a result. Instinct (already in the dictionary) is more bodily; a hunch is not a codebook.

Meaning

The ability to know something without conscious reasoning.

Examples

• “Intuition is not a codebook; name the variable.”
• “Instinct is already in this course and more bodily. Hunch is informal. A feeling is talk. A variable is a name. Write the name; then admit the hunch in the limitations.”

Good to know

Knowing without conscious reasoning. Close: instinct (already in the dictionary). A hunch ≠ a codebook.

Near in meaning

instinct

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