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intuitional

intuitional

7.7
Acting by following a feeling rather than careful thinking
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈtuːɪʃənl/
  • Formal
translation icon : intuicional
  • Many artists rely on intuitional insights that guide their creative process.

Examples

  • In section 1, we mentioned the distinction between conceptual and intuitional truths.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Their convictions were by instinct; their activities were intuitional.

    Blog text (29)
  • Illusions, when they increase, do not allow you to think clearly and do not let your consciousness enter or communicate with the Intuitional Plane.

    Blog text (18)
  • That is, even though the politician did not have the time or even the acute intelligence of the good philosopher, still he could be ordered to a habitual or intuitional understanding of higher things, even if he was not completely familiar with them theoretically.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The skeptics would do well to develop and refine their explanations of these amazing behaviors, just as the champions of primate altruism should be set to the task of providing empirical evidence for their predominantly philosophical and intuitional hypotheses.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Indeed, for the perennial philosophy, all drives toward some greater state of unfoldment, wholeness, and fulfillment—whether physical, emotional, mental, creative, intuitional, social, or spiritual—may be viewed as essentially spiritual in nature.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Her approach to problem-solving is often intuitional, trusting her gut feelings over data analysis.

  • He has an intuitional understanding of people, allowing him to empathize with their feelings easily.

Synonyms

intuitive
vsintuitional
34 5.5

Felt without thinking, like a quick natural reaction

is about being grounded in feeling rather than formal logical argument
intuitionistic
vsintuitional
  • Formal
9.9

Using a quick feeling instead of careful thought to decide

is more general, based on feeling rather than formal logical proof

Antonyms

100 3.9

Able to think clearly and make good choices

How Intuitive

instinctive
28 4.1
intuitional
  • Formal
7.7
logical
307 3.8

Surface Forms

intuitional positive

Morphology

intuitional = intuition (transparent) = intuition + al

The adjective is formed regularly from 'intuition' with the suffix '-al', and the meaning is directly related to intuition.

Etymology

The word intuitional comes from intuition, which comes from an old Latin word meaning 'to look' and so suggests an 'inner sight' or quick knowing. So an intuitional decision is one made by feeling or this inner sight rather than by careful step-by-step thinking.