{"id":2306,"date":"2025-08-17T11:28:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T09:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/?page_id=2306"},"modified":"2026-01-14T09:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:12:44","slug":"definition-of-intuition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/the-lab\/understand-intuition\/definition-of-intuition\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udfe1 DEFINITION OF INTUITION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/intuitio-lab-labo-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/intuitio-lab-labo-01.png 1536w, https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/intuitio-lab-labo-01-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/intuitio-lab-labo-01-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/intuitio-lab-labo-01-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1x3r274 r-p1pxzi\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Intuition<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1x3r274 r-p1pxzi\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274 r-36ujnk\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Feminine noun<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">(From Scholastic Latin <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274 r-36ujnk\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">intuitio, -onis<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">, from Classical Latin <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274 r-36ujnk\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">intuitum<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">, from <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274 r-36ujnk\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">intueri<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">, to look at attentively)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">1.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"> Direct, immediate knowledge of the truth, without recourse to reasoning or experience.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Opposites:<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<a class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1g4g62n r-yn5ncy r-clrlgt r-nvplwv r-1nao33i r-m71pgl r-1ddef8g r-1loqt21\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.larousse.fr\/dictionnaires\/francais\/d\u00e9duction\/22568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-copy-preserve=\"1\">deduction<\/a><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"> &#8211; <\/span><a class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1g4g62n r-yn5ncy r-clrlgt r-nvplwv r-1nao33i r-m71pgl r-1ddef8g r-1loqt21\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.larousse.fr\/dictionnaires\/francais\/raisonnement\/66273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-copy-preserve=\"1\">reasoning<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">2.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"> An unreasoned, unverifiable feeling that an event will occur or that something exists: <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274 r-36ujnk\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Having an intuition of danger.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Synonyms:<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">inspiration &#8211; <\/span><a class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1g4g62n r-yn5ncy r-clrlgt r-nvplwv r-1nao33i r-m71pgl r-1ddef8g r-1loqt21\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.larousse.fr\/dictionnaires\/francais\/pr\u00e9monition\/63561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-copy-preserve=\"1\">premonition<\/a><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"> &#8211; <\/span><a class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1g4g62n r-yn5ncy r-clrlgt r-nvplwv r-1nao33i r-m71pgl r-1ddef8g r-1loqt21\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.larousse.fr\/dictionnaires\/francais\/prescience\/63670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-copy-preserve=\"1\">prescience<\/a><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"> &#8211; <\/span><a class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1g4g62n r-yn5ncy r-clrlgt r-nvplwv r-1nao33i r-m71pgl r-1ddef8g r-1loqt21\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.larousse.fr\/dictionnaires\/francais\/sentiment\/72138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-copy-preserve=\"1\">feeling<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1x3r274 r-p1pxzi\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Three forms of intuition are commonly distinguished, though their boundaries are debated:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe1 <a href=\"https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/the-lab\/understand-intuition\/classic-intuition\/\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">CLASSICAL INTUITION<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe1 <a href=\"https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/the-lab\/understand-intuition\/infrarational-intuition\/\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">INFRARATIONAL INTUITION<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe1 <a href=\"https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/the-lab\/understand-intuition\/suprarational-intuition\/\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">SUPRARATIONAL INTUITION<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe1 <a href=\"https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/the-lab\/understand-intuition\/summary-and-examples\/\">SUMMARY &amp; EXAMPLES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Given its multifaceted and contested dimensions, intuition is approached in varied ways:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe1 <a href=\"https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/the-lab\/understand-intuition\/scientific-approach\/\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">SCIENTIFIC APPROACH<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe1 <a href=\"https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/the-lab\/understand-intuition\/fortuitous-approach\/\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">FORTUITOUS APPROACH<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe1 <a href=\"https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/the-lab\/understand-intuition\/spiritual-approach\/\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">SPIRITUAL APPROACH<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1x3r274 r-p1pxzi\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Rather than opposing these diverse approaches, understanding intuition requires appreciating their complementarity.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe1 <a href=\"https:\/\/intuitiolab.com\/3www\/the-lab\/understand-intuition\/classic-intuition\/\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">CLASSICAL INTUITION<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Intuition Feminine noun (From Scholastic Latin intuitio, -onis, from Classical Latin intuitum, from intueri, to look at attentively) 1. Direct, immediate knowledge of the truth, without recourse to reasoning or experience. Opposites: deduction &#8211; reasoning 2. An unreasoned, unverifiable feeling that an event will occur or that something exists: Having an intuition of danger. 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