counterintuitive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtuɪtɪv/ (General-American)
- [ˌkʰaʊɾ̃ɚɪnˈtʰuɪɾɪv] (General-American)
Etymology
From counter- + intuitive. Coined by Noam Chomsky in 1955 as “counter-intuitive”.
Meanings
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Contrary to intuition or common sense.
With the students who worked on drafts in class, a number of aspects of lexicography proved challenging and counterintuitive.
2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 146:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more counterintuitive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| counter-intuitive | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most counterintuitive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
counterintuitiveness · counterintuitivity · counterintuitively
Relateds
Translations (22)
nl contra-intuïtief (contrary to intuition or common sense) · fi epäintuitiivinen (contrary to intuition or common sense) · ru контринтуити́вный (contrary to intuition or common sense) · be контр-інтуіты́ўны (contrary to intuition or common sense) · mk нездраворазумен (contrary to intuition or common sense) · cmn 反常識 /反常识 (contrary to intuition or common sense) · pt contraintuitivo (contrary to intuition or common sense) · fi intuitionvastainen (contrary to intuition or common sense) · pl nieintuicyjny (contrary to intuition or common sense) · el αντιδιαισθητικός (contrary to intuition or common sense) · pl przeciwintuicyjny (contrary to intuition or common sense) · ro contraintuitiv (contrary to intuition or common sense) · es contraintuitivo (contrary to intuition or common sense) · mk нездраворазумски (contrary to intuition or common sense) · fi järjenvastainen (contrary to intuition or common sense) · fr contre-intuitif (contrary to intuition or common sense) · fi vaistonvastainen (contrary to intuition or common sense) · cmn 反直覺 /反直觉 (contrary to intuition or common sense) · da kontraintuitiv (contrary to intuition or common sense) · uk контр-інтуїти́вний (contrary to intuition or common sense) · et intuitsiooniga vastuolus (contrary to intuition or common sense) · de kontraintuitiv (contrary to intuition or common sense)
wikipedia: Noam Chomsky · wikipedia: Massachusetts Institute of Technology