intuitionistic
adjective
intuitionistic is spelled I-N-T-U-I-T-I-O-N-I-S-T-I-C: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, intuitionistic means “Dealing strictly in constructive proofs, abstaining from proof by contradiction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in intuitionistic?
| Letters | 14: I-N-T-U-I-T-I-O-N-I-S-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is intuitionistic?
Intuitionistic appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What does intuitionistic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Dealing strictly in constructive proofs, abstaining from proof by contradiction
Intuitionistic type theory is based on a certain analogy or isomorphism between propositions and types: a proposition is identified with the type of its proofs. This identification is usually called the Curry–Howard isomorphism, which was o
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Intuitionistic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | intuitionistisch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does intuitionistic come from?
From intuition + -istic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).