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Mystical vs Intuitive - What's the difference?

mystical | intuitive |

As adjectives the difference between mystical and intuitive

is that mystical is relating to mystics or mysticism while intuitive is spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.

As a noun intuitive is

one who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.

mystical

English

Alternative forms

* mysticall (obsolete) * mystickal (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to mystics or mysticism.
  • Having a spiritual significance that transcends human understanding.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Stephen Ledoux , title=Behaviorism at 100 , volume=100, issue=1, page=60 , magazine= citation , passage=Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.}}
  • Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.
  • intuitive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}
  • * 2013 February 16, Laurie Goodstein, “ Cardinals Size Up Potential Candidates for New Pope”, NYTimes.com :
  • These impressions [of potential papal candidates], collected from interviews with a variety of church officials and experts, may influence the very intuitive , often unpredictable process the cardinals will use to decide who should lead the world’s largest church.
    The intuitive response turned out to be correct.
  • Easily understood or grasped by intuition.
  • Designing software with an intuitive interface can be difficult.
  • Having a marked degree of intuition.
  • Antonyms

    * non-intuitive * counterintuitive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.
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