intuition

noun
/ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/UK/ˌɪn.tuˈɪʃ.ən/CA

Etymology

From Middle French intuition, from Medieval Latin intuitiō (“a looking at, immediate cognition”), from Latin intueor (“to look at, consider”), from in- (“in, on”) + tueor (“to look, watch, guard, see, observe”). Equivalent to intuit + -ion.

  1. derived from intueor
  2. derived from intuitiō
  3. borrowed from intuition

Definitions

  1. Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.

  2. A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intuition. 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 intuition. 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 intuition

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

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