intuitive
nounEtymology Borrowed from Middle French intuitif, from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueri.
1
One who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.
intuitive
adjUK /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/ · CA, US /ɪnˈt(j)uɪtɪv/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French intuitif, from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueri.
1
Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.
- The intuitive response turned out to be correct.
- Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.2012 January 23, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2012, page 74:
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- These impressions [of potential papal candidates], collected from interviews with a variety of church officials and experts, may influence the very intuitive, often unpredictable process the cardinals will use to decide who should lead the world’s largest church.2013 February 16, Laurie Goodstein, “Cardinals Size Up Potential Candidates for New Pope”, in NYTimes.com:
2
Easily understood or grasped by intuition.
- Designing software with an intuitive interface can be difficult.
3
Having a marked degree of intuition.
- I'm real intuitive, everyone is, we're just conditioned not to trust it.2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 21:
- Antonyms
- unintuitive, nonintuitive, counterintuitive
- Derived terms
- contraintuitive, intuitive eating, intuitively, intuitiveness, intuitivism, intuitivist, intuitivity