counter-intuitiveadjective
uk/ˌkaʊn.tər.ɪnˈtʃuː.ɪ.tɪv/us/ˌkaʊn.t̬ɚ.ɪnˈtuː.i.t̬ɪv/Something that is counter-intuitive does not happen in the way you would expect it to:
Steering a sailboat is counter-intuitive - you push the tiller the opposite way to the way you want to go.
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Logic and reason
- a priori
- cerebral
- clear head
- clearly
- coherent
- conceptual
- intellectual
- intellectualize
- lateral thinking
- logic
- logical
- positivism
- positivist
- premise
- QED
- rational
- reasoning
- solipsism
- sophism
- sophistry
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