[in.tu.i.tion.ism] n (1847) 1 a: a doctrine that objects of perception are intuitively known to be real b: a doctrine that there are basic truths intuitively known
2: a doctrine that right or wrong or fundamental principles about what is right and wrong can be intuited
3: a philosophical thesis that human beings have a direct intuitive understanding of mathematics and that rejects the principle that every mathematical statement must be true or false -- in.tu.i.tion.ist adj or n