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adjective

Intuitive adj.

Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.

Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing without deduction or reasoning. "Whence the soul Reason receives, and reason is her being, Discursive, or intuitive."

Received, reached, obtained, or perceived, by intuition; as, intuitive judgment or knowledge; opposed to deductive.

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... her dream, had led her to see the good-looking boys, equipped with packs and walking sticks, in a most sinister light. The "tramps" were taken into the front room and introduced, Hobo, who had all of a dog's intuitive suspicion of old clothes, sniffing ...

— Peggy Raymond's Vacation - or Friendly Terrace Transplanted • Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith

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... woman's presence and counsel in legislation as much as she needs yours in the home; you need the association and influence of woman; her intuitive knowledge of men's character and the effect of measures upon the household; you need her for the economical details of public work; you need her sense of justice and moral courage to execute the laws; you need her for all that is just, merciful and good in government. But above ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV • Various

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... it is very easily learned. Although as illimitable in its applications as the infinite relations of men to each other, it is, nevertheless, made up of simple elementary principles, of the truth and justice of which every ordinary mind has an almost intuitive perception. It is the science of justice, and almost all men have the same perceptions of what constitutes justice, or of what justice requires, when they understand alike the facts from which their inferences ...

— An Essay on the Trial By Jury • Lysander Spooner

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... profundity, it is a nice thing to say. Bon-Bon, as far as I can learn, did not think the subject adapted to minute investigation;—nor do I. Yet in the indulgence of a propensity so truly classical, it is not to be supposed that the restaurateur would lose sight of that intuitive discrimination which was wont to characterize, at one and the same time, his essais and his omelettes. In his seclusions the Vin de Bourgogne had its allotted hour, and there were appropriate moments for the Cotes du Rhone. ...

— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 5 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe

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... not necessarily a sixth sense or a fixed attribute of personality. It is based on knowledge of the workings of the other man's mind, either intuitive or acquired. It is the purpose of this and succeeding chapters to consider some of the aspects of human nature that can be turned to advantage in the cultivation of individual efficiency and the elimination of lost motion and ...

— Increasing Efficiency In Business • Walter Dill Scott

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