intuition
n. C / Un. a strong feeling about something that you have without using logic or proof. You trust your intuition when you know something is true, even if you cannot explain why.
n. an instinctive knowing or understanding that arises without conscious reasoning. Uncountable in its abstract sense; countable when referring to specific hunches or instincts.
My intuition told me he was lying.
She followed her intuition and booked the flight before checking the price online.
While data provided the framework for the decision, it was the director's intuition that guided the final creative choices.
From Middle French intuition, from Medieval Latin intuitiō (“a looking at, immediate cognition”), from Latin intueor (“to look at, consider”), from in- (“in, on”) + tueor (“to look, watch, guard, see, observe”). Equivalent to intuit + -ion.