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insight Insight is a relatively direct grasp of deeper or subtler truth.

Insight is a relatively direct grasp of deeper or subtler truth. In historical psychology and philosophy, the term could mean either this penetrating kind of understanding or a supposed higher faculty of intuition or contemplation.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Insight” (Insight).
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