intuited

Intuited refers to something that has been understood or grasped through intuition. Intuition itself is a cognitive process that allows individuals to come to a conclusion or belief without conscious reasoning or apparent deduction. It is often described as a "gut feeling" or an immediate sense of knowing. Therefore, when something is described as "intuited," it suggests that the understanding was not arrived at through a systematic, logical, or analytical process, but rather through a spontaneous insight.

This type of understanding can arise from a complex interplay of past experiences, learned patterns, and subtle environmental cues that the conscious mind may not be actively processing. For example, an experienced detective might intuit that a particular witness is being deceptive, not because they have direct evidence, but because of subtle non-verbal cues and a feeling derived from years of similar interactions. Similarly, a scientist might intuit a solution to a complex problem after long periods of contemplation, with the insight appearing suddenly and without a clear, traceable step-by-step derivation. The term emphasizes the origin of the knowledge as being internal and seemingly effortless, rather than externally derived or constructed.