Anschauung
noun
An·schau·ung
ˈänˌshau̇əŋ,
-au̇‧(ˌ) u̇ŋ
plural Anschauungen
-ŋən
1
: intuition
specifically : sense intuition
2
: the element in knowledge that is directly given in sense awareness
also : sense perception or sense presentation : apprehension or immediate perception that involves fewest elements of rational insight
Word History
Etymology
German, from Middle High German aneschouwunge contemplation, from aneschouwen to look at, contemplate (from Old High German anascouwōn, from ana on, at + scouwōn to look) + -unge (from Old High German -unga -ing)
First Known Use
1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- chicken colonel
- chicken corn
- chicken feed
- chicken finger
- chicken flu
- chicken grape
- chicken gumbo
- chicken halibut
- chicken hawk
- chicken Kiev
- Chicken Little
- Chicken Littles
- chicken lobster
- chicken mushroom
- chicken noodle soup
- chicken of the woods
- chicken out
- chicken pepper
- chicken pest
- chicken pox
- chicken pull
- chicken septicemia
- chicken skin
- chicken snake
- chicken snakes