n 1  :  immediate apprehension or cognition without reasoning or inferring  2  :  knowledge or conviction gained by intuition  3  :  the power or faculty of gaining direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference in*tu*it vt in*tu*ition*al adj in*tu*itive adj in*tu*itive*ly adv 
 
 
 
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