It seems counterintuitive that adding more lanes to a highway often increases traffic congestion rather than reducing it.
在高速公路上增加更多车道往往加剧交通拥堵而非缓解，这似乎违反直觉。
- Cantor showed that some infinite sets are actually larger than others, a result many contemporaries found deeply counterintuitive.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “counterintuitive”?
A — Contrary to what intuition would suggest.. “counterintuitive” means Contrary to what intuition would suggest..
Which word means “Contrary to what intuition would suggest.”?
B — counterintuitive. “counterintuitive” means Contrary to what intuition would suggest..
counterintuitive — Contrary to what intuition would suggest.. In Chinese: 违反直觉的;与直觉相悖的.
counterintuitive is pronounced //ˌkaʊntərɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv//.
It seems counterintuitive that adding more lanes to a highway often increases traffic congestion rather than reducing it. (在高速公路上增加更多车道往往加剧交通拥堵而非缓解，这似乎违反直觉。)
unexpected, paradoxical, surprising — all close in meaning to counterintuitive (Contrary to what intuition would suggest.).
intuitive, obvious — each the opposite of counterintuitive (Contrary to what intuition would suggest.).
Yes. counterintuitive is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
counter(相反) + intuitive(直觉的) → 与直觉相反 → 反直觉的。