intuitive

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French intuitif, from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueri.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈt(j)uːɪtɪv/

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Adjective

intuitive (comparative more intuitive, superlative most intuitive)

1. Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.

   The intuitive response turned out to be correct.

   • 2012 January, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 8 January 2012, page 74:

     Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.

   • 2013 February 16, Laurie Goodstein, “Cardinals Size Up Potential Candidates for New Pope”, in NYTimes.com:

     These impressions [of potential papal candidates], collected from interviews with a variety of church officials and experts, may influence the very intuitive, often unpredictable process the cardinals will use to decide who should lead the world’s largest church.

2. Easily understood or grasped by intuition.

   Designing software with an intuitive interface can be difficult.

3. Having a marked degree of intuition.
   • 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 21:

     I'm real intuitive, everyone is, we're just conditioned not to trust it.

Antonyms

• unintuitive
• nonintuitive
• counterintuitive

Derived terms

• intuitive eating
• intuitiveness
• intuitivity

Related terms

• intuition
• intuit

Translations

automatic, without requiring conscious thought

Belarusian: інтуіты́ўны (intuitýŭny), інтуіцы́йны (intuicýjny) Bulgarian: интуитивен (bg) (intuitiven) Catalan: intuïtiu Chinese: Mandarin: 直覺的／直觉的 (zh) (zhíjué de) Czech: intuitivní (cs) Dutch: intuïtief (nl) Esperanto: intuicia Estonian: intuitiivne Finnish: intuitiivinen (fi), vaistonvarainen French: intuitif (fr) Galician: intuitivo (gl) German: intuitiv (de) Greek: διαισθητικός (el) (diaisthitikós) Hebrew: אינטואיטיבי Indonesian: intuitif (id) Italian: intuitivo (it) Japanese: 直感的 (ちょっかんてき, chokkanteki) Maori: ihumanea Occitan: intuïtiu Polish: intuicyjny (pl) Portuguese: intuitivo (pt) Russian: интуити́вный (ru) (intuitívnyj) Spanish: intuitivo (es) Swedish: intuitiv (sv), reflexmässig (sv) Tagalog: loob-alamin Turkish: sezgili (tr), sezgisel (tr) Ukrainian: інтуїти́вний (intujitývnyj)

easily understood

Estonian: intuitiivne Finnish: helppokäyttöinen (easy to use), helppo ymmärtää, helppo oppia Greek: ευκολονόητος (el) (efkolonóitos), αυτονόητος (el) (aftonóitos) Korean: 직관적(直觀的) (jikgwanjeok) Persian: شهودی (fa) (šohudi)

Noun

intuitive (plural intuitives)

1. One who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.

French

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Adjective

intuitive

1. feminine singular of intuitif

German

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Adjective

intuitive

1. inflection of intuitiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.tu.iˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: in‧tu‧i‧tì‧ve

Adjective

intuitive

1. feminine plural of intuitivo

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

intuitive

1. definite singular of intuitiv
2. plural of intuitiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

intuitive

1. definite singular of intuitiv
2. plural of intuitiv