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intuitions

NOUN

insight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hunch instinct

STRONG

ESP clairvoyance discernment divination feeling foreknowledge inspiration nose penetration perception perceptivity premonition presentiment

WEAK

gut reaction innate knowledge intuitiveness second sight sixth sense

Antonyms

WEAK

knowledge reason reasoning

Example Sentences

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"I think I understand more about why that wasn't done -- obviously gratefully -- but that is an area where my intuitions were just off."

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

We trust our intuitions when we should rely on rational calculation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

We’re continuing to study how cultural values, social systems and moral intuitions shape people’s judgments of fairness and excess – from views of wealth and ambition to knowledge and AI computing power.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2025

Artists work by intuitions, and I hope you’ll forgive my putting this one very simply: Flat painting might be a way to talk about what we have, and what we’re missing.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Using a tool based on rational analysis turns our intuitions upside down.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell