Noun: intuition ,in-t(y)oo'i-shun
- Instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
"Her intuition told her something was wrong before she had any concrete evidence"
- An impression that something might be the case
"he had an intuition that something had gone wrong";
- hunch, suspicion
Derived forms: intuitions
Type of: basic cognitive process, belief, feeling, impression, notion, opinion
Encyclopedia: Intuition