insight
Meanings
Plural: insights
Noun
- clear or deep perception of a situation
- a feeling of understanding
- the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
- grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
- A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.
- Power of acute observation and deduction
- Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers
- Intuitive apprehension of the inner nature of a thing or things; intuition.
- An extended understanding of a subject resulting from identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario.
- An individual's awareness of the nature and severity of one's mental illness.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English insight, insiht (“insight, mental vision, intelligence, understanding”), equivalent to in- + sight. Perhaps continuing Old English insiht (“narrative, argument, account”), from Proto-Germanic *insahtiz (“account, narrative, argument”). Compare West Frisian ynsjoch (“insight”), Dutch inzicht (“insight, awareness, view, opinion”), German Low German Insicht (“insight”), German Einsicht (“insight, knowledge, perception, understanding”), Danish indsigt (“insight”), Swedish insikt (“insight”), Icelandic innsýn (“insight”).
Synonyms
brainstorm, brainwave, discernment, nosognosia, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perceptivity, sixth sense
Scrabble Score: 11
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