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insight

Syllabification: (in·sight)
Pronunciation: /ˈinˌsīt/

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Definition of insight

noun

  • the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing:this paper is alive with sympathetic insight into Shakespeare
  • a deep understanding of a person or thing:the signals would give marine biologists new insights into the behavior of whales
  • Psychiatry new understanding by a mentally ill person of the causes of their disorder.

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'inner sight, mental vision, wisdom'): probably of Scandinavian and Low German origin and related to Swedish insikt, Danish indsigt, Dutch inzicht, and German Einsicht

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