Intuition (noun)

1. The ability to understand something immediately without the need for conscious reasoning.
2. A thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning.

Origin:

From latin intuitio, from intueri, to look at.

Examples:

1. She had a strong intuition that something was not right.
2. He trusted his intuition and followed his gut feeling.
3. The scientist relied on intuition as well as logic in her research.
4. The artist's intuition led him to create something truly unique.
5. The mother's intuition told her that her child was in danger.