insight
Americannoun
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an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding.
an insight into 18th-century life.
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penetrating mental vision or discernment; faculty of seeing into inner character or underlying truth.
- Synonyms:
- grasp, understanding, intuition, apprehension, perception
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Psychology.
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an understanding of relationships that sheds light on or helps solve a problem.
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(in psychotherapy) the recognition of sources of emotional difficulty.
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an understanding of the motivational forces behind one's actions, thoughts, or behavior; self-knowledge.
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noun
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the ability to perceive clearly or deeply; penetration
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a penetrating and often sudden understanding, as of a complex situation or problem
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psychol
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the capacity for understanding one's own or another's mental processes
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the immediate understanding of the significance of an event or action
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psychiatry the ability to understand one's own problems, sometimes used to distinguish between psychotic and neurotic disorders
Other Word Forms
- insightful adjective
Etymology
Origin of insight
First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English; in- 1 ( def. ) + sight ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Phages are relatively easy to isolate, and studying their genomes could reveal additional biological insights and new antibiotic targets.
From Science Daily
Following are some other key insights from Abel’s letter to shareholders.
From MarketWatch
Greenspan, who turns 100 on March 6, often peppered his responses and his speeches with idiosyncratic insights when he didn’t want to talk about interest rates.
From Barron's
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