What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an intuition at it,
as the encouragement, though not the cause, of his pains.
Fuller.
2. Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in
perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from "mediate" knowledge,
as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not
white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two,
etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension.
Sagacity and a nameless something more, -- let us call it
intuition.
Hawthorne.
3. Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a
first or primary truth.
In`tu*i"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, intuition;
characterized by intuition; perceived by intuition; intuitive.
In`tu*i"tion*al*ism (?), n. (Metaph.) The doctrine that the perception
or recognition of primary truth is intuitive, or direct and immediate;
-- opposed to sensationalism, and experientialism.
In`tu*i"tion*al*ist, n. One who holds the doctrine of intuitionalism.
In`tu*i"tion*ism (?), n. Same as Intuitionalism.
In`tu*i"tion*ist, n. Same as Intuitionalist. Bain.