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Noun

1. 1
   An approach to mathematics/logic which avoids proof by contradiction, and which requires that, in order to prove that something exists, one must construct it. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition wordnet

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anticipationapercuartatomismcasuistryclairvoyance

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logicism

Etymology

From intuition + -ism.