insightn.¹

Brit.

/ˈɪnsʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɪnˌsaɪt/

Forms: Middle English insiht, Middle English Orm. innsihht, (Middle English insihte), Middle English insiȝt(e, (Middle English insiȝht, Middle English insyȝht, insyȝt), Middle English ensight, Middle English ensyght, Middle English–1500s insyght(e, insighte, Middle English– insight.

Etymology: < in- prefix¹ + sight n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch insicht, Dutch inzigt, German einsicht, Danish indsigt, Swedish insigt. The original notion appears to have been ‘internal sight’, i.e. with the eyes of the mind or understanding (see in- prefix¹ 1a(a)(iii)). Compare the same use of in- in Middle English inwit (sometimes an equivalent of insight), and Old English inȝehyȝd, inȝeþanc, etc. But subsequently there arose a tendency to analyse the word as sight or seeing into a thing or subject, although even so there usually remained the notion of penetrating into things or seeing beneath their surface with the eyes of the understanding.

†1.

a. Internal sight, mental vision or perception, discernment; in early use sometimes, Understanding, intelligence, wisdom. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [noun]

righteousnesseOE

snoterc950

witnessc950

wisdomOE

insightc1175

witc1175

smeighnessc1200

sleighta1300

witternessa1300

inwitc1305

wittiheadc1315

wisenessc1320

witterheda1325

wisehede1340

slyness1357

sapience1377

wisdomhood138.

prudencea1382

sapienta1400

sentencec1400

advice?a1439

sophyc1440

profunditya1500

wittiness1543

Minerva1601

depth1605

Sophia1649

visionariness1817

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun]

sharpnessc897

yepshipc1000

insightc1175

yepleȝȝcc1175

yephedea1250

wit1297

fellnessa1382

policyc1440

discerningc1450

policec1450

inspectiona1527

perceivance1534

aptitude1548

sagacity1548

acuity?1549

nimbleness1561

acumen1579

seeing eye1579

esprit1591

acuteness1601

depth1605

penetration1605

knowingness1611

shrewdnessa1616

piercingnessa1628

discernment1646

sharpwittedness1647

nasuteness1660

arguteness1662

sagaciousness1678

perceptivity1700

keenness1707

cuteness1768

intuition1780

recollectedness1796

long-headedness1818

perceptiveness1823

kokum1848

incision1862

incisiveness1865

penetrativeness1873

flair1881

hard-boiledness1912

smart1964

spikiness1977

sus1979

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11508 Forr sawle onnfoþ att drihhtin godd Innsihht. & mindiȝnesse.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8789 He ȝifeþþ himm..innsihht tunnderrstanndenn all. Þatt mann maȝȝ unnderrstanndenn.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6261 Her of þat soþe seggeþ ȝe as bi ȝoure in siȝte.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1565 Sua blind þai war in þair insight, Þat reckining cuth þai nan o right.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 253 Þus þer four lettes his insight Þat he knaws noght him-selfe right.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxi. l. 214 Þ^e wordis..Whiche that non man vndirstondyn ne Myhte, but Only God thorwh his Insihte.

1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) xviii. sig. Div/2 An Intellectuel vision [is]..whan..the Insighte of the sowle..is cleerly fastnyd in vnbodely substaunce, wyth a soothfaste knowynge.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kii^v/1 Insight of knowledge, scientia.

1578 Bk. Christian Prayers in Private Prayers (1851) 440 Much better is..the insight of the mind than the light, or eyesight, of the body.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. xxxii Much he spake where I had no insight.

†b. With in (a, o, on, of): Knowledge of or skill in (a particular subject or department). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or knowledge

insightc1175

smeighnessc1200

slyness1357

cunningc1374

knowledge?a1425

wisdom1526

sight1530

cunningness1609

can1721

know-how1838

can-do1839

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [noun] > with a subject, skill

insightc1175

practice1504

sight1530

experiment1575

discourse1589

practic1592

expertness1659

experimentals1748

sophistication1915

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7084 Vþwitess..Þatt haffdenn dep innsihht. & witt. Off fele kinne þingess.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3437 Amang þe calldeowisshe þeod Þatt cann innsihht o steorrness.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15222 In-siht he cuðe a winde and a mone.

c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 66 In discrecioun I haue in-siȝt.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxx He..had gotten by greate experience..depe insighte in pollitike & worldly driftes.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Dd7^v Merlin had in Magick more insight, Then euer him before or after liuing wight.

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xiii. 174 To follow the Logicke places in Apthonius in a Philosophical discourse, doth require..some insight in Logick.

1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1707) i. 146 We should examine what particular insight and experience they had in those things.

a. The fact of penetrating with the eyes of the understanding into the inner character or hidden nature of things; a glimpse or view beneath the surface; the faculty or power of thus seeing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] > clarity

knowledgea1398

perspiciencec1450

clearness1535

perspicacity1548

insightc1580

perspective?a1586

subtileness1591

perspicacy1600

clarity1616

quicksightedness1625

perspicuity1662

clear-sightednessa1691

perspicaciousness1727

percipiency1845

far-sightedness1846

clairvoyance1861

X-ray scrutiny1896

c1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xvii. iii Where silent Night might seeme all faultes to hide, Then was I, by thy searching insight tride.

1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 26 Obstinacy the product either of great Pride or little Insight.

1815 W. Wordsworth Poems II. 192 When the closer view of wedded life Hath shown that nothing human can be clear From frailty, for that insight may the Wife To her indulgent Lord become more dear.

1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. 245 The insight and the effort came too late to be of any avail.

1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 3 Mr. Tennyson is a poet of large compass, of profound insight, of finished skill.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxii. 59 That insight which sees at once into the heart of every moral difficulty.

b. With into (†in).

ΚΠ

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. D3^v Let but Sophocles bring you Aiax on a stage..and tell mee if you haue not a more familiar insight into anger, then finding in the Schoolemen his Genus and difference?

a1592 R. Greene Orpharion (1599) 44 You haue a deeper insight in my thoughts then my self.

1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. H4^v This by insight had into the very worst and lowest sorte of men shall you finde.

1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 174 A Spiritual Saving Insight into Spiritual things.

1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 506. ¶12 Giving her an insight into things she had no notion of before.

1718 Free-thinker No. 14. 2 This thorough Insight into the Man..makes me disesteem him.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. Proem 9 He had gained an insight into all sorts of affairs at home and abroad.

1870 J. H. Bennet Winter & Spring Mediterranean xv. 576 Mightily pleased with this little insight into Spanish village life.

c. With plural.

ΚΠ

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 187 The representative and reward of our past conscious reasonings, insights, and conclusions.

1832 H. Martineau Demerara ii. 16 His insights into his prospects.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 84 Glimpses of many things..which were to ripen in a strange way into views, into beliefs and insights one day.

d. Psychology. In studies of behaviour and learning, the sudden perception of the solution to a problem or difficulty; applied to animals, giving an indication of their capacity for ideas and reasoning. In Psychoanalysis, perception of one's mental condition. Also attributive and in other combinations, as insight-giving, insight-learning, insight therapy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > acquisition of knowledge > [noun] > perception of solution

insight1909

recoding1923

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > relief > [noun] > perception

insight1949

1909 W. James Meaning of Truth xiii. 260 His insistent desire to have a world of that sort is felt by him to be..an altogether peculiar insight-giving passion to which..he would be stupid not to yield.

1916 R. M. Yerkes Mental Life Monkeys & Apes iii. 68 The curve of learning plotted..would..be described as an ideational, and possibly even as a rational curve; for its sudden drop..to the base line strongly suggests, if it does not actually prove, insight.

1916 R. M. Yerkes Mental Life Monkeys & Apes iii. 87 This young orang utan..strove persistently, and often vainly, to gain insight.

1925 E. Winter tr. W. Köhler Mentality of Apes vii. 194 Since, however, we have to decide whether chimpanzees ever behave with insight, [etc.].

1925 E. Winter tr. W. Köhler Mentality of Apes vii. 198 Hence follows this characteristic: to set up as the criterion of insight, the appearance of a complete solution with reference to the whole lay-out of the field.

1949 Brit. Birds 42 355 These are not necessarily instances of insight learning, but they do represent persistent attempts to reach the milk when the top of the bottle was no longer visible to the bird.

1949 M. Mead Male & Female 449 Society is the patient. Those who have been in some way hurt or distorted give us many valuable insights into what is wrong with it.

1956 W. H. Thorpe Learning & Instinct in Animals v. 100 Thus insight-learning seems to be a kind of action by hypothesis, and has often been held to be evidence of ideational processes.

1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. x. 129 It has been found possible to reduce racial prejudice by means of brief insight-therapy.

1965 A. D. Weisman Existential Core of Psychoanal. vi. 139 Insight in psycho~analysis often seems to be the result of a resolved conflict, not the cause of its resolution.

1967 R. R. Greenson Technique & Pract. Psychoanal. I. i. 44 Only rarely does insight lead very quickly to a change in behavior.

†3.

a. A mental looking to or upon something; consideration; respect, regard. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [noun] > attention to, consideration

regard1348

considerationc1386

circumspection1387

insight1390

mentionc1390

mindingc1449

religiousnessa1475

supervising?a1475

regarding1496

sussy1513

remorse1514

respectc1530

carec1540

re-look1855

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > act of

cogitation?c1225

insight1390

volutation1623

ponder1689

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 324 Withoute insihte of moderhede..This child withouten noise or cry Sche slou.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 19 As they, which none insight hadden, But only to her [= their] drunke fare.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1659 He hade so huge an insyȝt to his aune dedes, Þat þe power, of þe hyȝe prynce he purely, forȝetes.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. ccxxxix/1 I am become thus drye and lene by the contynuelly ensyght that I had therupon.

†b. A view of a subject; a conspectus. (Cf. French aperçu.) Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > survey > [noun]

oversight1550

surveya1568

insight1581

theoric1588

compact1644

grand tour1793

overview1916

1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1602) 3 The First Booke, containing a Theoricke (or insight) of the Office of the Iustices of Peace.

†4. Sight (of the bodily eyes); looking; looking in, inspection; a look. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun]

eie wurpc950

laitc1175

looka1200

lecha1250

sightc1275

insighta1375

blushc1390

castc1400

glentc1400

blenkc1440

regardc1450

ray1531

beam of sight1579

eye-beam1583

eyewink1591

blink1594

aspecta1616

benda1616

eyeshot1615

eye-casta1669

twire1676

ken1736

Magdalene-look1752

glimmering1759

deek1833

wink1847

deck1853

vision1855

pipe1865

skeg1876

dekko1894

screw1904

slant1911

gander1914

squiz1916

butcher's hook1934

butcher's1936

gawk1940

bo-peep1941

nose1976

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 94 Þere walked he a-boute þe walles to winne in siȝt.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 262/1 Insyght.., inspexio, circumspeccio.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 234/2 Insight, regart.

1577 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 57 That good Sir Thomas More will deyne His cuntryman at first insight So curtously to interteyne.

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. L1^v Ther wil not be wanting a nomber that shall bicker for her, from whose in-sight you are altogether vnable..to conuey her.

a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. D5^v All that..could fore-tell..by in-sight of sacrificed Heards.

1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 47 He must likewise have a clear insight on the Glasse paines of the Glasier.

Draft additions December 2021

insight meditation n. (also with capital initials) Buddhism a form of meditation practised with the intention of achieving direct personal insight into the truth of Buddhist teachings; cf. vipassana n. [ < insight n.¹ (after Pali vipassanā (penetrative) insight, literally ‘discerning’: see vipassana n.) + meditation n.]

ΚΠ

1962 World Buddhism Mar. 3/3 There are two kinds of Buddhist Meditation: Samatha (or Calming-down) Meditation and Vipassana (or Insight) Meditation.

1979 Yoga Jrnl. May 40/1 Intensive retreats have become the basic format in America for the teaching of Insight Meditation.

2018 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 June 18 With a focus on mindful breathing and insight meditation, the Cambodia Vipassana Meditation Center remedies life in a modern world.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	insight
释义	insightn.¹ Brit. /ˈɪnsʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈɪnˌsaɪt/ Forms: Middle English insiht, Middle English Orm. innsihht, (Middle English insihte), Middle English insiȝt(e, (Middle English insiȝht, Middle English insyȝht, insyȝt), Middle English ensight, Middle English ensyght, Middle English–1500s insyght(e, insighte, Middle English– insight. Etymology: < in- prefix¹ + sight n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch insicht, Dutch inzigt, German einsicht, Danish indsigt, Swedish insigt. The original notion appears to have been ‘internal sight’, i.e. with the eyes of the mind or understanding (see in- prefix¹ 1a(a)(iii)). Compare the same use of in- in Middle English inwit (sometimes an equivalent of insight), and Old English inȝehyȝd, inȝeþanc, etc. But subsequently there arose a tendency to analyse the word as sight or seeing into a thing or subject, although even so there usually remained the notion of penetrating into things or seeing beneath their surface with the eyes of the understanding. †1. a. Internal sight, mental vision or perception, discernment; in early use sometimes, Understanding, intelligence, wisdom. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [noun] righteousnesseOE snoterc950 witnessc950 wisdomOE insightc1175 witc1175 smeighnessc1200 sleighta1300 witternessa1300 inwitc1305 wittiheadc1315 wisenessc1320 witterheda1325 wisehede1340 slyness1357 sapience1377 wisdomhood138. prudencea1382 sapienta1400 sentencec1400 advice?a1439 sophyc1440 profunditya1500 wittiness1543 Minerva1601 depth1605 Sophia1649 visionariness1817 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] sharpnessc897 yepshipc1000 insightc1175 yepleȝȝcc1175 yephedea1250 wit1297 fellnessa1382 policyc1440 discerningc1450 policec1450 inspectiona1527 perceivance1534 aptitude1548 sagacity1548 acuity?1549 nimbleness1561 acumen1579 seeing eye1579 esprit1591 acuteness1601 depth1605 penetration1605 knowingness1611 shrewdnessa1616 piercingnessa1628 discernment1646 sharpwittedness1647 nasuteness1660 arguteness1662 sagaciousness1678 perceptivity1700 keenness1707 cuteness1768 intuition1780 recollectedness1796 long-headedness1818 perceptiveness1823 kokum1848 incision1862 incisiveness1865 penetrativeness1873 flair1881 hard-boiledness1912 smart1964 spikiness1977 sus1979 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11508 Forr sawle onnfoþ att drihhtin godd Innsihht. & mindiȝnesse. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8789 He ȝifeþþ himm..innsihht tunnderrstanndenn all. Þatt mann maȝȝ unnderrstanndenn. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6261 Her of þat soþe seggeþ ȝe as bi ȝoure in siȝte. a1300 Cursor Mundi 1565 Sua blind þai war in þair insight, Þat reckining cuth þai nan o right. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 253 Þus þer four lettes his insight Þat he knaws noght him-selfe right. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxi. l. 214 Þ^e wordis..Whiche that non man vndirstondyn ne Myhte, but Only God thorwh his Insihte. 1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) xviii. sig. Div/2 An Intellectuel vision [is]..whan..the Insighte of the sowle..is cleerly fastnyd in vnbodely substaunce, wyth a soothfaste knowynge. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kii^v/1 Insight of knowledge, scientia. 1578 Bk. Christian Prayers in Private Prayers (1851) 440 Much better is..the insight of the mind than the light, or eyesight, of the body. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. xxxii Much he spake where I had no insight. †b. With in (a, o, on, of): Knowledge of or skill in (a particular subject or department). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or knowledge insightc1175 smeighnessc1200 slyness1357 cunningc1374 knowledge?a1425 wisdom1526 sight1530 cunningness1609 can1721 know-how1838 can-do1839 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [noun] > with a subject, skill insightc1175 practice1504 sight1530 experiment1575 discourse1589 practic1592 expertness1659 experimentals1748 sophistication1915 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7084 Vþwitess..Þatt haffdenn dep innsihht. & witt. Off fele kinne þingess. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3437 Amang þe calldeowisshe þeod Þatt cann innsihht o steorrness. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15222 In-siht he cuðe a winde and a mone. c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 66 In discrecioun I haue in-siȝt. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxx He..had gotten by greate experience..depe insighte in pollitike & worldly driftes. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Dd7^v Merlin had in Magick more insight, Then euer him before or after liuing wight. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xiii. 174 To follow the Logicke places in Apthonius in a Philosophical discourse, doth require..some insight in Logick. 1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1707) i. 146 We should examine what particular insight and experience they had in those things. 2. a. The fact of penetrating with the eyes of the understanding into the inner character or hidden nature of things; a glimpse or view beneath the surface; the faculty or power of thus seeing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] > clarity knowledgea1398 perspiciencec1450 clearness1535 perspicacity1548 insightc1580 perspective?a1586 subtileness1591 perspicacy1600 clarity1616 quicksightedness1625 perspicuity1662 clear-sightednessa1691 perspicaciousness1727 percipiency1845 far-sightedness1846 clairvoyance1861 X-ray scrutiny1896 c1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xvii. iii Where silent Night might seeme all faultes to hide, Then was I, by thy searching insight tride. 1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 26 Obstinacy the product either of great Pride or little Insight. 1815 W. Wordsworth Poems II. 192 When the closer view of wedded life Hath shown that nothing human can be clear From frailty, for that insight may the Wife To her indulgent Lord become more dear. 1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. 245 The insight and the effort came too late to be of any avail. 1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 3 Mr. Tennyson is a poet of large compass, of profound insight, of finished skill. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxii. 59 That insight which sees at once into the heart of every moral difficulty. b. With into (†in). ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. D3^v Let but Sophocles bring you Aiax on a stage..and tell mee if you haue not a more familiar insight into anger, then finding in the Schoolemen his Genus and difference? a1592 R. Greene Orpharion (1599) 44 You haue a deeper insight in my thoughts then my self. 1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. H4^v This by insight had into the very worst and lowest sorte of men shall you finde. 1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 174 A Spiritual Saving Insight into Spiritual things. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 506. ¶12 Giving her an insight into things she had no notion of before. 1718 Free-thinker No. 14. 2 This thorough Insight into the Man..makes me disesteem him. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. Proem 9 He had gained an insight into all sorts of affairs at home and abroad. 1870 J. H. Bennet Winter & Spring Mediterranean xv. 576 Mightily pleased with this little insight into Spanish village life. c. With plural. ΚΠ 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 187 The representative and reward of our past conscious reasonings, insights, and conclusions. 1832 H. Martineau Demerara ii. 16 His insights into his prospects. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 84 Glimpses of many things..which were to ripen in a strange way into views, into beliefs and insights one day. d. Psychology. In studies of behaviour and learning, the sudden perception of the solution to a problem or difficulty; applied to animals, giving an indication of their capacity for ideas and reasoning. In Psychoanalysis, perception of one's mental condition. Also attributive and in other combinations, as insight-giving, insight-learning, insight therapy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > acquisition of knowledge > [noun] > perception of solution insight1909 recoding1923 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > relief > [noun] > perception insight1949 1909 W. James Meaning of Truth xiii. 260 His insistent desire to have a world of that sort is felt by him to be..an altogether peculiar insight-giving passion to which..he would be stupid not to yield. 1916 R. M. Yerkes Mental Life Monkeys & Apes iii. 68 The curve of learning plotted..would..be described as an ideational, and possibly even as a rational curve; for its sudden drop..to the base line strongly suggests, if it does not actually prove, insight. 1916 R. M. Yerkes Mental Life Monkeys & Apes iii. 87 This young orang utan..strove persistently, and often vainly, to gain insight. 1925 E. Winter tr. W. Köhler Mentality of Apes vii. 194 Since, however, we have to decide whether chimpanzees ever behave with insight, [etc.]. 1925 E. Winter tr. W. Köhler Mentality of Apes vii. 198 Hence follows this characteristic: to set up as the criterion of insight, the appearance of a complete solution with reference to the whole lay-out of the field. 1949 Brit. Birds 42 355 These are not necessarily instances of insight learning, but they do represent persistent attempts to reach the milk when the top of the bottle was no longer visible to the bird. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female 449 Society is the patient. Those who have been in some way hurt or distorted give us many valuable insights into what is wrong with it. 1956 W. H. Thorpe Learning & Instinct in Animals v. 100 Thus insight-learning seems to be a kind of action by hypothesis, and has often been held to be evidence of ideational processes. 1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. x. 129 It has been found possible to reduce racial prejudice by means of brief insight-therapy. 1965 A. D. Weisman Existential Core of Psychoanal. vi. 139 Insight in psycho~analysis often seems to be the result of a resolved conflict, not the cause of its resolution. 1967 R. R. Greenson Technique & Pract. Psychoanal. I. i. 44 Only rarely does insight lead very quickly to a change in behavior. †3. a. A mental looking to or upon something; consideration; respect, regard. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [noun] > attention to, consideration regard1348 considerationc1386 circumspection1387 insight1390 mentionc1390 mindingc1449 religiousnessa1475 supervising?a1475 regarding1496 sussy1513 remorse1514 respectc1530 carec1540 re-look1855 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > act of cogitation?c1225 insight1390 view1567 volutation1623 ponder1689 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 324 Withoute insihte of moderhede..This child withouten noise or cry Sche slou. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 19 As they, which none insight hadden, But only to her [= their] drunke fare. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1659 He hade so huge an insyȝt to his aune dedes, Þat þe power, of þe hyȝe prynce he purely, forȝetes. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. ccxxxix/1 I am become thus drye and lene by the contynuelly ensyght that I had therupon. †b. A view of a subject; a conspectus. (Cf. French aperçu.) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > survey > [noun] oversight1550 surveya1568 insight1581 theoric1588 view1604 compact1644 grand tour1793 overview1916 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1602) 3 The First Booke, containing a Theoricke (or insight) of the Office of the Iustices of Peace. †4. Sight (of the bodily eyes); looking; looking in, inspection; a look. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] eie wurpc950 laitc1175 looka1200 lecha1250 sightc1275 insighta1375 blushc1390 castc1400 glentc1400 blenkc1440 regardc1450 ray1531 view1546 beam of sight1579 eye-beam1583 eyewink1591 blink1594 aspecta1616 benda1616 eyeshot1615 eye-casta1669 twire1676 ken1736 Magdalene-look1752 glimmering1759 deek1833 wink1847 deck1853 vision1855 pipe1865 skeg1876 dekko1894 screw1904 slant1911 gander1914 squiz1916 butcher's hook1934 butcher's1936 gawk1940 bo-peep1941 nose1976 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 94 Þere walked he a-boute þe walles to winne in siȝt. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 262/1 Insyght.., inspexio, circumspeccio. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 234/2 Insight, regart. 1577 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 57 That good Sir Thomas More will deyne His cuntryman at first insight So curtously to interteyne. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. L1^v Ther wil not be wanting a nomber that shall bicker for her, from whose in-sight you are altogether vnable..to conuey her. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. D5^v All that..could fore-tell..by in-sight of sacrificed Heards. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 47 He must likewise have a clear insight on the Glasse paines of the Glasier. Draft additions December 2021 insight meditation n. (also with capital initials) Buddhism a form of meditation practised with the intention of achieving direct personal insight into the truth of Buddhist teachings; cf. vipassana n. [ < insight n.¹ (after Pali vipassanā (penetrative) insight, literally ‘discerning’: see vipassana n.) + meditation n.] ΚΠ 1962 World Buddhism Mar. 3/3 There are two kinds of Buddhist Meditation: Samatha (or Calming-down) Meditation and Vipassana (or Insight) Meditation. 1979 Yoga Jrnl. May 40/1 Intensive retreats have become the basic format in America for the teaching of Insight Meditation. 2018 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 June 18 With a focus on mindful breathing and insight meditation, the Cambodia Vipassana Meditation Center remedies life in a modern world. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † insightn.² Forms: Also 1500s–1600s (Scottish) insicht. Etymology: Of uncertain derivation. In form the same as insight n.¹; but the sense remains unaccounted for. English regional (northern) and Scottish. Obsolete. Goods, substance, esp. household furniture. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > household goods husbandryc1405 insight1522 ingear1835 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > of a house attirec1325 harness1340 gearc1380 household1420 stuff1438 household stuff1445 standard?1474 utensil1484 inspreith1488 utensilies1496 household goods1501 insight1522 wardrobe stuff?a1527 housewifery1552 plenishing1561 householdry1570 supellectile1584 household effects1762 sticks of furniture1777 house furnishing1827 houseware1827 ingear1835 supellex1849 household appliance1853 homeware1868 home1887 décor1926 1522 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 106 I bequethe to my wife all suche goodes within the house as she brought from Petyngton for her parte of insight. 1523 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 44 Sir Rauf Fenwike..and Sir William Heron..have made twoo very good roodes, and have gotten moche insight, catall, horse, and prisoners. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 28 With wyffe and barnis, insicht and all stoir. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. iv. viii. f. 43^v/2 The bestyail dreuyn away, the cornis and insycht brynt. 1561 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 193 I gyue and bequithe to my doughter Agnes Lilburne the half of my insight & bedding w^thin the howse. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kii^v/1 Insight of houshold, supellex. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 4 [They] began to rob and spoilyie the Erllis tennentis..of thair haill goodis geir insicht plenishing..and cattell. 1896 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 257 It must have been stripped of all ‘insight’, as our forefathers used to call hangings, carpets and furniture.] Compounds attributive as insight gear. ΚΠ 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 328 Of corne and catell, and of insicht geir. 1592 Sc. Acts Jas. VI §125 That nane of them [the commoun sort of people] presume..to beare or vse onie armes..vpon onie their insicht or houshald geare. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † insightv. Etymology: < in- prefix³ + sight n.¹ Obsolete. rare. transitive. To furnish with sight, to give sight to. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > give sight to [verb (transitive)] enlightenc1384 enlumine1495 illumine1548 illuminatea1576 insight1577 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande ii. f. 8^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I It surpasseth natures course to raise the dead, to lighten or ensight [1587 insight] the blynd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹c1175n.²1522v.1577
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