Definition of conception

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Conception (n.) Conceit; affected sentiment or thought.

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Notional :: Notional (a.) Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions..
Species :: Species (n.) A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species..
Rationalize :: Rationalize (v. t.) To form a rational conception of.
Superfice :: Superfete (v. t.) To conceive (another fetus) after a former conception.
Presentive :: Presentive (a.) Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic.
Conceptual :: Conceptual (a.) Pertaining to conception.
Misconceit :: Misconceit (n.) Misconception.
Motive :: Motive (n.) That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one..
Ampliative :: Ampliative (a.) Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.
Imagine :: Imagine (v. i.) To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.
See :: See (v. t.) To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.
Understanding :: Understanding (n.) Specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or relations. In this sense it is contrasted with, and distinguished from, the reason..
Depth :: Depth (n.) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.
Conception :: Conception (n.) The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension..
Conception :: Conception (n.) Conceit; affected sentiment or thought.
Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought..
Conceit :: Conceit (n.) A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip..
Realism :: Realism (n.) As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle)..
Conceptional :: Conceptional (a.) Pertaining to conception.
Misapprehension :: Misapprehension (n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.
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