Usually means: Opposite of what seems logical.
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  1. counterintuitive: Merriam-Webster
  2. counterintuitive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. counterintuitive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. counterintuitive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. counterintuitive: Vocabulary.com
  6. Counterintuitive, counterintuitive: Wordnik
  7. counterintuitive: Wiktionary
  8. counterintuitive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. counterintuitive: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. counterintuitive: Dictionary.com
  11. Counterintuitive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. counterintuitive: Rhymezone
  13. counterintuitive: FreeDictionary.org
  14. counterintuitive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. counterintuitive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. counterintuitive: Urban Dictionary

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  1. counterintuitive: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Contrary to intuition or common sense.

Similar:
contraintuitive, unintuitive, nonintuitive, counterconventional, counterfactual, counterexpectational, retrograde, contrary, antinormal, antidisciplinary, more...

Opposite:
intuitive, self-evident, obvious

Types:
paradoxical, ambiguous, unclear, confusing, contradictory, more...

Phrases:
contrary counterintuitive, more...

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Similar:
contraintuitive, unintuitive, nonintuitive, counterconventional, counterfactual, counterexpectational, retrograde, contrary, antinormal, antidisciplinary, more...

Opposite:
intuitive, self-evident, obvious

Types:
paradoxical, ambiguous, unclear, confusing, contradictory, more...

Phrases:
contrary counterintuitive, more...

Colors:
    charcoal,     mauve,     chartreuse,     taupe,     teal, more...



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