intuitive feeling
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5.1
- noun
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sensación intuitiva
- She had an intuitive feeling that something was wrong, even before she saw the evidence.
Like they get this intuition, this intuitive feeling or thought and then fear, doubt, insecurity, worry, anxiety, talk them out of it.
- Like they get this intuition, this intuitive feeling or thought and then fear, doubt, insecurity, worry, anxiety, talk them out of it.
Examples
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No, the creatures were mostly women, and my intuitive feeling, the one that every good explorer learns to trust, was urging me toward the wife.
Fiction book (1998) -
Like they get this intuition, this intuitive feeling or thought and then fear, doubt, insecurity, worry, anxiety, talk them out of it.
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I think it was an intuitive feeling that what was being shown was not real.
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I think that most every child of God carries this intuitive feeling of, 'Why me, Lord?'
Blog text (22) -
When I learn to look at my investments objectively and detach myself from a particular outcome, I become receptive to intuitive feelings again.
Blog text (30) -
The mailman's dance was spontaneous and celebratory and could very well have had something to do with witchcraft or Satanism, but he had an intuitive feeling that the dance was related to something much worse, something much more primal and unfathomable, something he did not and perhaps could not understand.
Fiction book (1991) -
His intuitive feeling about the project proved to be accurate when it became a huge success.
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Many artists rely on their intuitive feeling to guide them in the creative process.
Synonyms
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1.0
A natural ability to understand or do something
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3.1
A general feeling about a situation
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5.5
A quick feeling that something is true without thinking
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5.7
A natural ability to do or understand something
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7.6
A natural feeling that tells you things without using sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste
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4.3
A strong first feeling you have without thinking
A quick understanding you have without thinking
An idea you have before you know or see something
Antonyms
How Intuitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase's meaning is directly derivable from combining 'intuitive' (perceived instinctively) with 'feeling' (a sense or impression), so the overall sense of an instinctive impression is fully compositional. This is a common, non-idiomatic noun phrase found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Intuitive feeling may come from the simple idea of something coming from inside you: intuitive as a natural, inner sense and feeling as a quiet body signal, like a nudge in your gut. That's why it means 'an understanding that comes without thinking'.