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conception

[kuhn-sep-shuhn] / kənˈsɛp ʃən /




Usage

What are other ways to say conception? The noun conception suggests a thought that seems complete, individual, recent, or somewhat intricate: The architect's conception delighted them. Thought, which reflects its primary emphasis on the mental process, may denote any concept except the more weighty and elaborate ones: I welcomed his thoughts on the subject. A thought came to him. Notion suggests a fleeting, vague, or imperfect thought: a bare notion of how to proceed. Idea, although it may refer to thoughts of any degree of seriousness or triviality, is commonly used for mental concepts considered more important or elaborate: We pondered the idea of the fourth dimension. The idea of his arrival frightened me.  

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The two have worked with the artist since 2009, and in previous presentations he approached the conception and installation as a kind of director.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

By the first 1,000 days, we mean the period from conception to a child’s second birthday.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

“I think there’s a conception that people are in so much credit card debt or using their parents’ money” to go to a lot of shows, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

As they celebrate America’s 250th birthday, they are also contemplating the relevance of their orientation to the nation’s conception of itself.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

They, he maintains, do not have an adequate conception of an omnipotent god.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

But the two statesmen had different conceptions of governance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

But TV had never seen anything quite like the Krofft shows, with its Day-Glo aesthetic, crazy conceptions and combination of puppets, costume puppets and costumed human characters into a half-hour comedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

These aspirations speak to customers’ greatest desires, their dreams for the future, and their conceptions of who they are and who they strive to be.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026

Such scenarios are common throughout the world, largely because contemporary conceptions of antisemitism are shaped by mandated Holocaust education rather than comprehensive teaching on Jew-hatred in all its forms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

There is a fundamental difference between these two conceptions of the Scientific Revolution.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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