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   In·sight

   /ˈinˌsīt/

   

   noun

   • 1. the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing: "this paper is alive with sympathetic insight into Shakespeare" Similar intuitionperceptionawarenessdiscernmentunderstandingcomprehensionapprehensionappreciationcognizancepenetrationacumenastutenessperspicacityperspicaciousnesssagacitysagenessdiscriminationjudgmentshrewdnesssharpnesssharp-wittednessacuityacutenessflairbreadth of viewvisionfar-sightednessprescienceimaginationinformal:noushorse sensesavvyrare:sapiencearguteness
   • ▪ a deep understanding of a person or thing: "the signals would give marine biologists new insights into the behavior of whales" Similar understanding ofappreciation ofrevelation aboutillumination ofintroduction toexperience ofdescription ofrealizationrecognitionenlightenmentinformal:aha momenteye-opener
   • ▪ new understanding by a mentally ill person of the causes of their disorder.

   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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