Definition of conception

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

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Thought :: Thought (n.) That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention..
Entity :: Entity (n.) A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence..
Mistake :: Mistake (n.) An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
Form :: Form (n.) That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; -- called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law..
Perception :: Perception (n.) The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; -- distinguished from conception..
Anticipation :: Anticipation (n.) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
Uterogestation :: Uterogestation (n.) Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy.
Entelechy :: Entelechy (n.) An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence..
Fancy :: Fancy (n.) An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.
Design :: Design (n.) A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.
Fancy :: Fancy (v. t.) To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate..
Ideal :: Ideal (n.) A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc..
Idealism :: Idealism (n.) Conception of the ideal; imagery.
Misconceit :: Misconceit (n.) Misconception.
Gestation :: Gestation (n.) The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.
Misprision :: Misprision (n.) The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.
Promerphological :: Promerphological (a.) Relating to promorphology; as, a promorphological conception..
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..
Nominalist :: Nominalist (n.) One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only..
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