counterintuitive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

/ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtuɪtɪv/ [ˌkʰaʊɾ̃ɚɪnˈtʰuɪɾɪv] en-GB-counterintuitive.ogg

counterintuitive more counterintuitive most counterintuitive counter-intuitive

From counter- + intuitive. Coined by Noam Chomsky in 1955 as “counter-intuitive”.

intuitive

counterintuition

counterintuitively counterintuitiveness counterintuitivity

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