intuitivenessn.
/ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪvnɪs/ The quality of being intuitive.
1. Capability of being intuitively recognized as true.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > [noun] > recognition as true
intuitiveness1841
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > reality
truth1395
realty1440
reality1545
veriness1574
realness1612
fidelity1708
authenticity1839
intuitiveness1841
1841 R. C. Trench Notes Parables iii. 28 That this or that circumstance was merely added for the sake of giving intuitiveness to the narrative.
1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma viii. 253 The winning simplicity and limpid intuitiveness which make the charm of epieikeia.
2. Intuitive apprehension or faculty; insight.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > [noun]
sense1555
light of nature1561
intuitiona1600
instinct1600
perception1701
persentiscency1712
sixth sense1761
Anschauung1820
intuitiveness1873
intuitivism1883
seerhood1884
third eye1921
radar1949
1873 W. S. Mayo Never Again vii. 88 She had no intuitiveness. She looked only at the surface.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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