in·tu·i·tion ( n t -sh  n, -ty-)n. 1. a. The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition. See Synonyms at reason. b. Knowledge gained by the use of this faculty; a perceptive insight. 2. A sense of something not evident or deducible; an impression. [Middle English intuicioun, insight, from Late Latin intuiti  , intuitin-, a looking at, from Latin intuitus, a look, from past participle of intu r , to look at, contemplate : in-, on; see in-2 + tur, to look at.]in tu·ition·al adj.in tu·ition·al·ly adv. |
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