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conceptual

[kuhn-sep-choo-uhl] / kənˈsɛp tʃu əl /
ADJECTIVE
abstract
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STRONGEST


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Disillusioned by painting around 1913, Duchamp employed these objects to shift art from optical pleasure to conceptual provocation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

When she came to “Rooster,” she said, Cristle was a conceptual kernel she teased into a labyrinth.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

It didn’t take a miracle, only a complete conceptual overhaul.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

But her invention, patented in 1919 although not manufactured in her lifetime, was a conceptual breakthrough.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Whereas visual vocabulary tends to be more detailed, we lack nuanced conceptual words to describe sound and our relationship to it.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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