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insight

noun
/ˈɪnsaɪ̯t/UK/ˈɪnsaɪ̯t/CA/ˈɪnsɑe̯t/

Etymology

From Middle English insight, insiht (“insight, mental vision, intelligence, understanding”), equivalent to in- + sight. Perhaps continuing Old English insiht (“narrative, argument, account”), from Proto-Germanic *insahtiz (“account, narrative, argument”). Compare West Frisian ynsjoch (“insight”), Dutch inzicht (“insight, awareness, view, opinion”), German Low German Insicht (“insight”), German Einsicht (“insight, knowledge, perception, understanding”), Danish indsigt (“insight”), Swedish insikt (“insight”), Icelandic innsýn (“insight”).

  1. inherited from *insahtiz✻ — “account, narrative, argument”
  2. inherited from insiht — “narrative, argument, account”
  3. inherited from insight

Definitions

  1. A sight or view of the interior of anything

    A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.

    • The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.

  2. Power of acute observation and deduction.

  3. Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order…

    Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Intuitive apprehension of the inner nature of a thing or things

      Intuitive apprehension of the inner nature of a thing or things; intuition.

    2. An extended understanding of a subject resulting from identification of relationships and…

      An extended understanding of a subject resulting from identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario.

    3. An individual's awareness of the nature and severity of one's mental illness.

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Derived

inflicted insight, insighted, insightful, insightless

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at insight. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at insight. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at insight

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA