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Contrary to intuition or common sense.See Also: counterintuition
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counterintuitive — also counter intuitive, 1955, from COUNTER (Cf. counter ) + INTUITIVE (Cf. intuitive) … Etymology dictionary
counterintuitive — [kount′ərin to͞o′i tiv, kount′ər intyo͞o′i tiv] adj. contrary to an intuitive belief or to common sense expectations … English World dictionary
Counterintuitive — The word counterintuitive literally means counter to intuition, and so it essentially means that something does not seem right or correct. A counterintuitive proposition is one that does not seem likely to be true when assessed using intuition or … Wikipedia
counterintuitive — /kown teuhr in tooh i tiv, tyooh /, adj. counter to what intuition would lead one to expect: The direction we had to follow was counterintuitive we had to go north first before we went south. [1960 65; COUNTER + INTUITIVE] * * * … Universalium
Counterintuitive Behavior of Social Systems — is a paper by Jay Forrester. In it, Forrester gives a concise explanation of how flame wars start. The mental model is fuzzy. It is incomplete. It is imprecisely stated. Furthermore, within one individual, a mental model changes with time and… … Wikipedia
counterintuitive — adjective Date: 1955 contrary to what one would intuitively expect • counterintuitively adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
counterintuitive — count|er|in|tu|i|tive [ ,kauntərın tuıtıv ] adjective opposite to what seems obvious or natural … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
counterintuitive — adj. contrary to what is logical, contrary to intuitive expectations … English contemporary dictionary
counterintuitive — coun·ter·intuitive … English syllables
counterintuitive — UK [ˌkaʊnt(ə)rɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv] / US [ˌkaʊntərɪnˈtuɪtɪv] adjective opposite to what seems obvious or natural … English dictionary
