n. The doctrine that the perception or recognition of primary truth is intuitive, or direct and immediate.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The doctrine that the perception or recognition of primary truth is intuitive, or direct and immediate; -- opposed to sensationalism, and experientialism.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In metaphysics, the doctrine that the absolute is known, in its existence, by an immediate cognition of the understanding.
Word Usage
"Esoterically understood, his novel teaches a doctrine of mysticism, intuitionalism, and materialism combined."