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   insight

   /ˈɪnsʌɪt/

   noun

   • 1. the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something: "his mind soared to previously unattainable heights of insight" Similar intuitionperceptionawarenessdiscernmentunderstandingcomprehensionapprehensionappreciationcognizancepenetrationacumenastutenessperspicacityperspicaciousnesssagacitysagenessdiscriminationjudgementshrewdnesssharpnesssharp-wittednessacuityacutenessflairbreadth of viewvisionfar-sightednessprescienceimaginationinformal:noushorse sensesavvyrare:sapiencearguteness
   • ▪ an accurate and deep understanding: "his work provides important insights into language use" Similar understanding ofappreciation ofrevelation aboutillumination ofintroduction toexperience ofdescription ofrealizationrecognitionenlightenmentinformal:aha momenteye-opener
   • ▪ awareness by a mentally ill person that their mental experiences are not based in external reality.

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘inner sight, wisdom’): probably of Scandinavian and Low German origin and related to Swedish insikt, Danish indsigt, Dutch inzicht, and German Einsicht.

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