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==English==
 
 
 
 
 
===Noun===
 
'''insight'''
 
  
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==Origin==
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The original notion appears to have been ‘internal [[sight]]’, i.e. with the [[eyes of the mind]] or [[understanding]] (see in adv. 12c). Compare the same use of in- in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''inwit'' (sometimes an equivalent of insight ), and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''inȝehyȝd'' , ''inȝeþanc'' , etc. But subsequently there arose a tendency to [[analyze]] the [[word]] as [[sight]] or seeing into a [[thing]] or subject, although even so there usually remained the notion of [[penetrating]] into things or seeing beneath their [[surface]] with the eyes of the [[understanding]].
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<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Insight''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Insight this link].</center>
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==Definitions==
 
# A sight or view of the [[interiority|interior]] of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.
 
# A sight or view of the [[interiority|interior]] of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.
 
# Power of acute observation and [[deduction]]; penetration; discernment; [[perception]].
 
# Power of acute observation and [[deduction]]; penetration; discernment; [[perception]].
 
# ''In Marketing'': Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers.
 
# ''In Marketing'': Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers.
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==Description==
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'''Insight''' is the [[understanding]] of [[cause]] and effect in a specific [[context]]. Insight can be used with several related [[meanings]]:
  
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*a piece of [[information]]
 
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*the [[act]] or result of [[understanding]] the inner nature of [[things]] or of seeing intuitively in [[Greek]] called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noesis noesis]
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Insight''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Insight this link].</center>
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*an [[introspection]]
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*the [[power]] of acute [[observation]] and [[deduction]], penetration, [[discernment]], perception called intellection or noesis
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*an [[understanding]] of [[cause]] and [[effect]] based on identification of [[relationships]] and behaviors within a model, [[context]], or scenario
  
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An insight that [[manifests]] itself suddenly, such as [[understanding]] how to solve a [[difficult]] [[problem]], is sometimes called by the German word [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_effect Aha-Erlebnis]. The term was coined by the German psychologist and theoretical linguist Karl Bühler. It is also known as an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_(feeling) epiphany].
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==See also==
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*'''''[[Foresight]]'''''
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*'''''[[Hindsight]]'''''
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==Quote==
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The [[finite]] [[dimensions]] of [[personality]] have to do with [[cosmic]] length, depth, and breadth. Length denotes [[meaning]]; depth signifies [[value]]; breadth embraces ''insight'' — the capacity to [[experience]] unchallengeable [[consciousness]] of cosmic [[reality]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=112:1_Personality_and_Reality]
  
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[[Category: Psychology]]
 
[[Category: General Reference]]
 
[[Category: General Reference]]

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Origin

The original notion appears to have been ‘internal sight’, i.e. with the eyes of the mind or understanding (see in adv. 12c). Compare the same use of in- in Middle English inwit (sometimes an equivalent of insight ), and Old English inȝehyȝd , inȝeþanc , etc. But subsequently there arose a tendency to analyze the word as sight or seeing into a thing or subject, although even so there usually remained the notion of penetrating into things or seeing beneath their surface with the eyes of the understanding.

For lessons on the topic of Insight, follow this link.

Definitions

  1. A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.
  2. Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.
  3. In Marketing: Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers.

Description

Insight is the understanding of cause and effect in a specific context. Insight can be used with several related meanings:

An insight that manifests itself suddenly, such as understanding how to solve a difficult problem, is sometimes called by the German word Aha-Erlebnis. The term was coined by the German psychologist and theoretical linguist Karl Bühler. It is also known as an epiphany.

See also

Quote

The finite dimensions of personality have to do with cosmic length, depth, and breadth. Length denotes meaning; depth signifies value; breadth embraces insight — the capacity to experience unchallengeable consciousness of cosmic reality.[1]