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A natural or intuitive way of acting or thinking

A natural propensity or skill of a specified kind

A sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act

Instinctive or intuitive feeling as distinguished from reasoning or knowledge

The brain and (by extension) its ability for rational thought

A person's emotional, visceral self

That which must be done out of principle

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Noun

A natural or intuitive way of acting or thinking

natural inclination

inborn tendency

inherent tendency

inner prompting

natural tendency

natural feeling

instinctiveness

extrasensory perception

gift for detecting

gift for discovering

feeling in one's bones

innate knowledge

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“I guess if you write stories, it's just an instinct to type at a certain speed.”

Noun

A natural propensity or skill of a specified kind

natural ability

knowing way around

resourcefulness

competitiveness

hang of something

innate knowledge

the right stuff

professionalism

artistic ability

pièce de résistance

special subject

personal talent

making the grade

cutting the mustard

special ability

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“He has a natural instinct for framing an argument.”

Noun

A sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act

extemporisation^UK

extemporization^US

natural tendency

innate tendency

ingrained tendency

inherent tendency

intrinsic tendency

sudden inclination

appropriateness

flight of fancy

bee in your bonnet

having as one's type

fire in the belly

interrelationship

close relationship

fellow feeling for

inclination towards

like-mindedness

good vibrations

special relationship

predilection towards

understanding of

attraction towards

same wavelength

passing thought

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Noun

An opinion

way of thinking

sneaking suspicion

preapprehension

preconceived notion

feeling in one's bones

school of thought

two cents' worth

considered opinion

where one is at

way of looking at things

ballpark figure

shot in the dark

feeling in one's water

frame of reference

conceptualization^US

hypothesizing^US

way of looking at it

two cents worth

personal feeling

visualization^US

visualisation^UK

conceptualisation^UK

hypothesising^UK

point of observation

from the perspective of

acknowledgement^UK

ballpark figures

rough calculations

stab in the dark

right of speech

right of free speech

acknowledgment^US

article of faith

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Noun

Instinctive or intuitive feeling as distinguished from reasoning or knowledge

Noun

The brain and (by extension) its ability for rational thought

intellectuality

powers of thought

intellectual capabilities

mental capacity

powers of comprehension

powers of reasoning

intellectual capacity

intellectual power

natural ability

sharp-wittedness

the right stuff

clear-sightedness

levelheadedness

quick-wittedness

quickness of mind

powers of intuition

level-headedness

mental faculties

logical thought

scientific thinking

practical intelligence

intelligence quotient

great intelligence

great intellect

clear-headedness

soundness of judgement

soundness of mind

cognitive faculties

powers of discernment

knowing way around

cerebral matter

acknowledgment^US

medulla oblongata

acknowledgement^UK

conscious thought

innate knowledge

perspicaciousness

resourcefulness

presence of mind

sound judgement

native intelligence

practical knowledge

professionalism

keen-wittedness

sharp-sightedness

sense one was born with

imaginativeness

competitiveness

acquaintanceship

accomplishments

connoisseurship

conversance with

familiarity with

knowing inside out

acquaintance with

knowledgeableness

curriculum vitae

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Noun

A person's emotional, visceral self

seat of affections

seat of one's emotions

innermost being

seat of one's feelings

essential nature

seat of the affections

innermost reaches

intrinsic nature

sum and substance

meat and potatoes

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Noun

That which must be done out of principle

accountableness

moral imperative

piece of business

area of interest

area of activity

blameworthiness

area of responsibility

line of country

legal responsibility

moral obligation

sphere of activity

long row to hoe

job description

course of action

millstone round one's neck

area of knowledge

leap in the dark

business enterprise

what one is into

unwanted responsibility

thorn in one's side

line of business

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