Insight Definition
ĭnsīt
insights
noun
insights
The ability to see and understand clearly the inner nature of things, esp. by intuition.
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A perception produced by this ability.
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A clear understanding of the inner nature of some specific thing.
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Awareness of one's own mental attitudes and behavior.
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Recognition of one's own mental disorder.
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insight
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insightsOrigin of Insight
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From Middle English insight, insiht (“insight, mental vision, intelligence, understanding”), from in- (from Old English) + sight, siht (“sight, vision”), or from Old English insiht (“narrative, argument, account”). Compare Dutch inzicht (“insight, awareness, view, opinion”), German Einsicht (“insight, knowledge, perception, understanding”). More at in, sight.
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