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counterintuition

counterintuition noun: something counterintuitive.

Noun

counterintuition (plural counterintuitions)

  1. (countable) Something counterintuitive.
  2. (uncountable) intuition that is contrary to what one would expect

Forms of counterintuition

pluralcounterintuitions

Origin of counterintuition

From counter- + intuition.

Questions about counterintuition

What does counterintuition mean?
Counterintuition means something counterintuitive.
What part of speech is counterintuition?
Counterintuition is a noun.
What is the plural of counterintuition?
The plural of counterintuition is counterintuitions.

Words near counterintuition in the dictionary

  1. counterinterpretations
  2. counterinterrogation
  3. counterintervention
  4. counterintrigue
  5. counterintrigues
  6. counterintuition
  7. counterintuitions
  8. counterintuitive
  9. counterintuitively
  10. counterintuitiveness
  11. counterintuitivities

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