insight
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Insight \In"sight`\, n.
1. A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep
inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with
into.
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He had an insight into almost all the secrets of
state. --Jortin.
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2. Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration;
discernment; perception.
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Quickest insight
In all things that to greatest actions lead.
--Milton.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "insight":
ESP, a priori knowledge, acuity, acumen, acuteness, anschauung,
anticipation, apperception, appreciation, appreciativeness,
astuteness, awareness, buddhi, clairsentience, clairvoyance,
cogency, cognition, cognizance, comprehension, consciousness,
critical discernment, direct apprehension, discernment,
extrasensory perception, farseeingness, farsightedness, flair,
foresight, foresightedness, immediate cognition, incisiveness,
inspiration, intuition, intuitionism, intuitive reason,
intuitiveness, intuitivism, judgement, judgment,
knowledge without thought, longheadedness, longsightedness,
lucidity, mindfulness, noesis, note, notice, penetration,
perception, perceptiveness, percipience, perspicaciousness,
perspicacity, perspicuity, perspicuousness, precognition,
premonition, providence, psychometry, realization, recognition,
sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, satori, second sight,
second-sightedness, sensibility, sensitivity, sharpness,
sixth sense, subconscious knowledge, subconscious perception,
trenchancy, understanding, unmediated perception, vision, wisdom
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