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conception
IPA transcription: [kəns'ɛpʃən]
Pronunciations of conception
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
concept, conception, construct
Meaning:
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Synonyms:
conception
Meaning:
the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
Synonyms:
creation, conception
Meaning:
the event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"
Synonyms:
invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
Meaning:
the creation of something in the mind
Usage examples
Chapter Seven: The Democratic Conception in Education
This process is called fertilization, conception or impregnation.
What adventure may come, I have not at this moment the faintest conception.
Bridget was neatness itself, but she had no conception of the value of time.
The Finance Minister could have formed no conception of the profound subtlety of his revenge.
You cannot fail to see how decidedly these dreams of childhood are opposed to this conception.
Vancouver on his part could form no conception of the cause of the coldness the two ladies had shown him.
In this conception, there is undeniably something sublime, something to which we could wish to yield assent.
We can now end where we started at the beginning, namely, with the conception of a will unconditionally good.
The will is conceived as a faculty of determining oneself to action in accordance with the conception of certain laws.
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Benjamin Franklin
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Some Thoughts Concerning Education
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Transhumanism
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Rice, Minnesota
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Big Bang
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Scar (The Lion King)
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United States Declaration of Independence
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Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)
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Catholic Church
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John Locke
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