thiên cảm

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • Intuition; innate feeling; presentiment: A direct perception or understanding of something without conscious reasoning; a strong instinctive feeling about the future or about a truth.
    • Religious inspiration; divine inspiration: A belief in or experience of receiving direct enlightenment or revelation from a divine or supernatural source.

  2. Noun (historical/religious context):

    • Illuminism: Refers to the doctrines or beliefs of the Illuminati or similar groups emphasizing inner spiritual light and direct personal revelation.
Usage Examples

  • Noun (Intuition):

    • Cô ấy có một thiên cảm mạnh mẽ rằng chuyến đi sẽ an toàn. (She had a strong intuition that the trip would be safe.)
    • Đôi khi, chúng ta nên tin vào thiên cảm của mình. (Sometimes, we should trust our innate feelings.)

  • Noun (Religious inspiration):

    • Nhà tiên tri nói rằng ông hành động dựa trên thiên cảm từ thần linh. (The prophet said he acted based on divine inspiration.)
    • Giáo phái đó được thành lập dựa trên thuyết thiên cảm. (That sect was founded on the doctrine of illuminism.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Thuyết thiên cảm": The doctrine or theory of illuminism; the belief in direct spiritual enlightenment.
    • Thuyết thiên cảm nhấn mạnh vào ánh sáng nội tâm và sự khai sáng cá nhân. (Illuminism emphasizes inner light and personal enlightenment.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Giáo phái thiên cảm (n): A sect of illuminists; a religious group believing in direct divine inspiration.
    • Giáo phái thiên cảm ấy từng bị coi là dị giáo. (That sect of illuminists was once considered heretical.)
Synonyms
  • Intuition: The ability to understand something instinctively.
  • Presentiment: A foreboding or premonition about a future event.
  • Inspiration: A sudden brilliant or divine creative idea.
  • Illuminism: A belief in direct spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.
Related Concepts
  • Linh tính (n): Similar to "thiên cảm" in the sense of psychic feeling or sixth sense, though often less religious.
  • Giác quan thứ sáu (n): The sixth sense; extrasensory perception.