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Self-contradiction :: Self-contradiction (n.) The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction..

A Priori :: A priori () Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to make experience rational or possible..

Word :: Word (n.) The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable..

Sphere :: Sphere (n.) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied..

Platonism :: Platonism (n.) An elevated rational and ethical conception of the laws and forces of the universe; sometimes, imaginative or fantastic philosophical notions..

Beau Ideal :: Beau ideal () A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model..

Notional :: Notional (a.) Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions..

Conception :: Conception (n.) The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. See Concept..

Idol :: Idol (n.) A false notion or conception; a fallacy.

Inadequate :: Inadequate (a.) Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc..

Misconception :: Misconception (n.) Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding.

Metaphysics :: Metaphysics (n.) The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being; phylosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first principles..

Anticipation :: Anticipation (n.) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

Presentive :: Presentive (a.) Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic.

Aggrandize :: Aggrandize (v. t.) To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress..

Idea :: Idea (n.) A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization..

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..

Preconceit :: Preconceit (n.) An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception.

View :: View (n.) Mode of looking at anything; manner of apprehension; conception; opinion; judgment; as, to state one's views of the policy which ought to be pursued..

Misunderstanding :: Misunderstanding (n.) Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception.

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