insight

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  1. noun The capacity to discern the true nature of a situation; penetration.
  2. noun The act or outcome of grasping the inward or hidden nature of things or of perceiving in an intuitive manner.

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  • By gaining this insight, which is confirmed by the enormous progress of modern science, we understand at once the characteristic feature of the life of the vast majority of men, and are no longer astonished because they appear to us simply as animals; for this is the NORMAL essence of man. —  Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2
  • For him history exists primarily to give him that measure of historical insight which is necessary for him to take a position of his own on the political issues of his nation. —  Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: The State
  • Knowledge -- insight, rather -- made the chatter easier to ignore. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 05 - May 1997
  • A very big THANK YOU for your insight, your humor, and your various stories!!! —  Blog updates
  • This insight was applied by the two clergymen founders of the Scottish Ministers 'Widows' Fund in Glasgow (Ferguson's hometown) in 1743. —  Powell's Books: Overview
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  1. from Middle English insiht, insiʒt, insight (=D. inzigt = German einsicht = Danish indsigt = Swedish insigt); from in + sight.
 

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