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I'm driven more by my heart more than anything else, and my head, and sometimes those things are counterintuitive.
Malcolm D. Lee

Meaning of "counterintuitive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COUNTERINTUITIVE

counterintuitive  [ˌkaʊntərɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUNTERINTUITIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Counterintuitive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES COUNTERINTUITIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Counterintuitive

Counterintuitive means contrary to what seems intuitively right or correct. A counterintuitive proposition is one that does not seem likely to be true when assessed using intuition, common sense, or gut feelings. Scientifically discovered, objective truths are often called counterintuitive when intuition, emotions, and other cognitive processes outside of deductive rationality interpret them to be wrong. However, the subjective nature of intuition limits the objectivity of what to call counterintuitive because what is counter-intuitive for one may be intuitive for another. This might occur in instances where intuition changes with knowledge. For instance, many aspects of quantum mechanics or general relativity may sound counterintuitive to a layman, while they may be intuitive to a particle physicist. Nevertheless counter-intuitive concepts are psychologically more preferred than intuitive concepts like in Von Restorff effect. Flawed understanding of a problem may lead to counter-productive behavior with undesirable outcomes. In some such cases, counterintuitive policies may then produce a more desirable outcome.

Definition of counterintuitive in the English dictionary

The definition of counterintuitive in the dictionary is seemingly contrary to common sense. Other definition of counterintuitive is intelligence collected about enemy espionage.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COUNTERINTUITIVE


additive
ˈædɪtɪv
attuitive
əˈtjuːɪtɪv
capacitive
kəˈpæsɪtɪv
cognitive
ˈkɒɡnɪtɪv
competitive
kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv
creative
kriːˈeɪtɪv
definitive
dɪˈfɪnɪtɪv
fugitive
ˈfjuːdʒɪtɪv
HIV-positive
ˌeɪtʃaɪviːˈpɒzɪtɪv
innovative
ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv
insensitive
ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv
integrative
ˈɪntɪˌɡreɪtɪv
intuitive
ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv
native
ˈneɪtɪv
nonintuitive
ˌnɒnɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv
oxidative
ˈɒksɪˌdeɪtɪv
positive
ˈpɒzɪtɪv
primitive
ˈprɪmɪtɪv
repetitive
rɪˈpɛtɪtɪv
sensitive
ˈsɛnsɪtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUNTERINTUITIVE

counterflow
counterfoil
counterforce
counterfort
counterglow
counterguerilla
counterinstance
counterinsurgency
counterinsurgent
counterintelligence
counterion
counterirritant
counterirritation
counterlight
counterman
countermand
countermandable
countermarch
countermark
countermeasure

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUNTERINTUITIVE

active
anticompetitive
aperitive
auditive
case-sensitive
diapositive
false positive
genitive
Gram-positive
infinitive
inquisitive
intransitive
nutritive
partitive
photosensitive
price-sensitive
prohibitive
seropositive
time-sensitive
touch-sensitive
transitive

Synonyms and antonyms of counterintuitive in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «counterintuitive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COUNTERINTUITIVE

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The translations of counterintuitive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «counterintuitive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有悖常理
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contrario a la intuición
570 millions of speakers

English

counterintuitive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

counterintuitive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحدس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нелогичным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contraintuitivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনির্দিষ্ট অথবা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paradoxal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Counterintuitive
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

eingängig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

直観に反した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

직관적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Counterintuitive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எதிர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिबिंबित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mantıksız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

controintuitivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sprzeczne z intuicją
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нелогічним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contraintuitiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιφατικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

counter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bakvända
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

counterintuitive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of counterintuitive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERINTUITIVE»

The term «counterintuitive» is regularly used and occupies the 70.140 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERINTUITIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about counterintuitive

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9 QUOTES WITH «COUNTERINTUITIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word counterintuitive.
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Yves Behar
The biggest challenge is that when people look at low price point products, they essentially invest less money in development, innovation, and new technology. And in order to innovate at a lower price point, and make sustainability attainable to the masses, you have to invest more. But that's counterintuitive for a lot of businesses.
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Rachel Cusk
Some people are better at maths than others: no one thinks you can be 'taught' to be a mathematical genius. And no one thinks of teaching, in that context, as a kind of forcing of the will. But there seems to be an idea of writing as an intuitive pastime which is being dishonestly subjected to counterintuitive methods.
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Charlie Hunter
Ultimately, at the end of it, it's just trying to get into that space where you feel like you're hitting the right thing and you're making music. And it feels intuitive rather than being counterintuitive.
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Ryan Kavanaugh
Never make too good of a deal. It sounds a little counterintuitive, but the deals that are too good of a deal for you in the long run will end up hurting you. A lot of people in our business don't realize that. They think their job is to go in a room and negotiate the highest price.
5
Malcolm D. Lee
I'm driven more by my heart more than anything else, and my head, and sometimes those things are counterintuitive.
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Diane Paulus
I think actually what keeps the intensity manageable - it's a little counterintuitive - is that it's changing all the time. Every week is different for me.
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Jonah Peretti
One of the things that is counterintuitive about BuzzFeed is that there's not a natural corollary to what we're doing because it isn't possible to distribute content through word-of-mouth in print.
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Steven Rattner
The stagflation of the 1970s blessed us with damaging wage and price controls and the utterly counterintuitive supply-side notion - famously drawn on a napkin - that cutting taxes would lead to higher tax revenues.
9
Eliezer Yudkowsky
The purpose of a moral philosophy is not to look delightfully strange and counterintuitive or to provide employment to bioethicists. The purpose is to guide our choices toward life, health, beauty, happiness, fun, laughter, challenge, and learning.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTERINTUITIVE»

Discover the use of counterintuitive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to counterintuitive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Impossible?: Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive Conundrums
These are some of the counterintuitive mathematical occurrences that readers encounter in Impossible? Havil ventures further than ever into territory where intuition can lead one astray.
Julian Havil, 2011
2
Quantum Superposition: Counterintuitive Consequences of ...
Silverman, whose extensive experimental and theoretical work has helped elucidate these processes, presents a clear and engaging discussion of the role of quantum superposition in diverse quantum phenomena such as the wavelike nature of ...
Mark P. Silverman, 2008
3
Counterintuitive Investing
Improve investment performance with COUNTERINTUITIVE INVESTING! Combining cutting-edge academic investment research with street-smart ideas, this finance text makes a compelling case for stocking up on bargains.
Harlan D. Platt, 2005
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Counterintuitive Marketing: Achieving Great Results Using ...
Achieving Great Results Using Common Sense Kevin J. Clancy, Peter C. Krieg. Next year, for example, Victoria's Secret expects to broadcast live chats and an option to vote for the most popular model, offer high-quality photos and details on  ...
Kevin J. Clancy, Peter C. Krieg, 2001
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The Unknowable and the Counterintuitive: The Surprising ...
This book examines what such an outlook might entail, and explains why we need to reevaluate some of our most deeply ingrained beliefs about the world we live in.
Aleksandar I. Zecevic, 2011
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Handbook of Cultural Psychology
Perhaps Bartlett's most striking finding was that the very notion of the ghosts—so central to the story—was gradually eliminated from the retellings, suggesting that counterintuitive elements are at a cognitive disadvantage. Other unfamiliar ...
Shinobu Kitayama, Dov Cohen, 2010
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Minds and Gods: The Cognitive Foundations of Religion
as bats, whales, and platypuses are counterintuitive owing to their atypical appearances, abilities, and lifestyles. What the present discussion of “ counterintuitiveness” primarily intends to show is not that counterintuitive ideas are unreal or ...
Todd Tremlin, 2010
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Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious ...
To sum up, religious concepts invariably include information that is counterintuitive relative to the category activated. Counterintuitive is a technical term here. It does not mean strange, inexplicable, funny, exceptional or extraordinary. What is ...
Pascal Boyer, 2001
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Stop Talking, Start Communicating: Counterintuitive Secrets ...
Geoffrey Tumlin. But this is no sky-is-falling book. I wrote Stop Talking, Start Communicating because this is the best time in human history to be a competent communicator. We have remarkable new ways to connect with each other that our ...
Geoffrey Tumlin, 2013
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Religion in Mind: Cognitive Perspectives on Religious ...
His empirical studies (see Boyer forthcoming) also show that counterintuitiveness creates a general “feel” for religiousness in subjects. Moreover, sufficiently counterintuitive ideas are better recalled than ordinary or overly counterintuitive ones, ...
Jensine Andresen, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTERINTUITIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term counterintuitive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Can cozy recliners save America's movie theaters?
For an industry historically focused on quantity, this reduction in seating capacity could be viewed as counterintuitive and harmful to revenues. «Quartz, Jul 15»
2
A Mismatch Between Need and Affluence
The inverse relationship between opportunity and giving is "a compelling, counterintuitive finding" that pushes against our assumptions that "places with higher ... «Chronicle of Philanthropy, Jul 15»
3
This one thing about Google Apps for Work should seriously scare …
Tour de France cyclists could be using this counterintuitive physics... Finance · Markets · Your Money · Wealth Advisor ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
4
Got Transportable Skills and Wanderlust? 5 Locales to Consider
It may sound counterintuitive, but in general some of the best places for North American expats to work remotely from are the same places that ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
Employees cried and cheered when SurveyMonkey announced its …
Tour de France cyclists could be using this counterintuitive physics... Finance · Markets · Your Money · Wealth Advisor ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
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Why The Rutgers Scarlet Knights Are Proving That Greatness Is A …
From an outsider's prospective, it may seem counterintuitive to concentrate on the micro when so much seems to be wrong with macro, but that ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Papenfus: Oliphant stomping SMMEs: conscious murder or …
The provisions of the Labour Relations Act in this regard are therefore counterintuitive to government's objectives. You are aware of the fact that ... «BizNews, Jul 15»
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Campfire Stories at the Modern
It seems counterintuitive to hang out next to a fire during this summer's historic high temperatures, but Campfire Stories at the Modern Hotel and ... «Boise Weekly, Jul 15»
9
Elon Musk: Cause Of SpaceX Rocket Explosion Is Still Unclear
There was an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank. Data suggests counterintuitive cause. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
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Turn Off the News, Invest Better
It sounds counterintuitive … especially if you come from the "efficient markets" mindset, where all securities are priced correctly with the most ... «Uncommon Wisdom Daily, Jul 15»

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