counterintuitive

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• General-American: /ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtuɪtɪv/
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• General-American: [ˌkhaʊɾ̃ɚɪnˈthuɪɾɪv]
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊntəɹɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/
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From counter- + intuitive. Coined by Noam Chomsky in 1955 as “counter-intuitive”.

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: контр-інтуіты́ўны (kontr-intuitýwny) — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Chinese Mandarin: 反常識 /反常识 — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Chinese Mandarin: 反直覺 /反直觉 — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Danish: kontraintuitiv — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Dutch: contra-intuïtief — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Estonian: intuitsiooniga vastuolus — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Finnish: vaistonvastainen — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Finnish: intuitionvastainen — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Finnish: järjenvastainen — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Finnish: epäintuitiivinen — contrary to intuition or common sense
• French: contre-intuitif — contrary to intuition or common sense
• German: kontraintuitiv — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Greek: αντιδιαισθητικός (antidiaisthitikós) — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Macedonian: нездраворазумски (nezdravorazumski) — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Macedonian: нездраворазумен (nezdravorazumen) — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Polish: przeciwintuicyjny — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Polish: nieintuicyjny — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Portuguese: contraintuitivo — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Romanian: contraintuitiv — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Russian: контринтуити́вный (kontrintuitívnyj) — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Spanish: contraintuitivo — contrary to intuition or common sense
• Ukrainian: контр-інтуїти́вний (kontr-intujitývnyj) — contrary to intuition or common sense