counterintuitive
counterintuitive · more counterintuitive · most counterintuitive
контр-інтуїтивний
контринтуитивный
kontraintuitiv
Contrary to intuition or common senseContrary to intuition or common sense.
UK/ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/US/ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtuɪtɪv/
» It's counterintuitive, but true.
Meaning
1 sensesContrary to intuition or common sense.
kontraintuitiv
контринтуити́вныйkontrintuitívnyj
контр-інтуїти́внийkontr-intujitývnyj
contrary to what common sense would suggest
Examples
6 sentencesIt's counterintuitive, but true.
Reality is often counterintuitive.
It was a counterintuitive event.
Now I have to admit, when I read this, this sounded totally wrong and counterintuitive.
It is a counterintuitive fact that light objects fall to earth just as quickly as heavy ones.
Translations
7 languagesУкраїнська
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contrary to intuition or common sense:
Русский
By meaning 1
contrary to intuition or common sense:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
contrary to intuition or common sense:
Origin
From counter- + intuitive. Coined by Noam Chomsky in 1955 as “counter-intuitive”.From counter- + intuitive. Coined by Noam Chomsky in 1955 as “counter-intuitive”.
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Forms
more counterintuitive, most counterintuitive| Comparative | more counterintuitive Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most counterintuitive Lesson |
regular
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form