intuitive
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French intuitif, from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective
intuitive (comparative more intuitive, superlative most intuitive)
- Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.
- 2012 January 1, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, 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”, 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.
- The intuitive response turned out to be correct.
-
- Easily understood or grasped by intuition.
- Designing software with an intuitive interface can be difficult.
- 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
- intuitiveness
- intuitivity
Related terms
- intuition
- intuit
Translations
automatic, without requiring conscious thought
|
easily understood
|
Noun
intuitive (plural intuitives)
- One who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
intuitive
- feminine singular of intuitif
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
intuitive
- inflection of intuitiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.tu.iˈti.ve/
- Rhymes: -ive
- Hyphenation: in‧tu‧i‧tì‧ve
Adjective
intuitive
- feminine plural of intuitivo
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
intuitive
- definite singular of intuitiv
- plural of intuitiv
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
intuitive
- definite singular of intuitiv
- plural of intuitiv