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conception
noun as in understanding; idea
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noun as in beginning, birth
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Example Sentences
Campaigns have also been forced to reconsider their conception of Pennsylvania’s political geography.
Compare our conception of werewolves, vampires, and zombies.
Two Conceptions of RealityThese challenges are rooted in a conception of reality which we have gotten so used to that we’re not even aware that there’s an alternative.
There’s another conception of reality which I call the “container view.”
Another incredible conception from da Vinci, the Armored Car is surely the forerunner to the contemporary military tanks.
What it endangers is a narrow conception of Russian power, understood through the eyes of its dictatorial leader.
Spar has a new book titled The Baby Business: How Money, Science and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception.
He completely disrupts not only the conception of architecture—but also the fabrication, the mise en oeuvre of architecture.
In fact, the airplane and the movie were more or less simultaneous in conception (the movie opened in 1968).
North Dakota has a less subtle constitutional amendment on the ballot stating that life begins at conception.
Adequate conception of the extent, the variety, the excellence of the works of Art here heaped together is impossible.
The conception of the relation of this institution with them as co-operative makes headway slowly.
The myth of "Boreas and Orithyia," though faulty perhaps in technique, is good in conception and arrangement.
From that hour dated a new and sterner conception of the task that lay before him and every other Briton in the country.
In fact, he says, with great candour and courage, that the early Bible conception of God is one which we cannot now accept.
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When To Use
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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