"counterintuitive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtuɪtɪv/ [General-American], [ˌkʰaʊɾ̃ɚɪnˈtʰuɪɾɪv] [General-American] Audio: en-GB-counterintuitive.ogg Forms: more counterintuitive [comparative], most counterintuitive [superlative]
Etymology: From counter- + intuitive. Coined by Noam Chomsky in 1955 as “counter-intuitive”. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|intuitive}} counter- + intuitive Head templates: {{en-adj}} counterintuitive (comparative more counterintuitive, superlative most counterintuitive)
  1. Contrary to intuition or common sense. Wikipedia link: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Noam Chomsky, counter-intuitive Synonyms: counter-intuitive Derived forms: counterintuitively, counterintuitiveness Related terms: counterintuition Translations (contrary to intuition or common sense): контр-інтуіты́ўны (kontr-intuitýŭny) (Belarusian), kontraintuitiv (Danish), contra-intuïtief (Dutch), intuitsiooniga vastuolus (Estonian), vaistonvastainen (Finnish), intuitionvastainen (Finnish), järjenvastainen (Finnish), epäintuitiivinen (Finnish), contre-intuitif (French), kontraintuitiv (German), αντιδιαισθητικός (antidiaisthitikós) (Greek), нездраворазумски (nezdravorazumski) (Macedonian), нездраворазумен (nezdravorazumen) (Macedonian), przeciwintuicyjny (Polish), nieintuicyjny (Polish), contraintuitivo (Portuguese), контринтуити́вный (kontrintuitívnyj) [masculine] (Russian), contraintuitivo (Spanish), контр-інтуїти́вний (kontr-intujitývnyj) (Ukrainian)

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