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Conceptional

Pertaining to conception.

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Abstract 84% connected

Withdraw; separate.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Abstract 84% connected

Withdraw; separate.

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Conception 74% connected

The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

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Conception 74% connected

The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

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Ideational 92% connected

Pertaining to, or characterized by, ideation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Notional 92% connected

Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.

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Acknowledgment noun · 78% connection

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…

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Article noun · 78% connection

nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

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Author verb · 78% connection

be the author of; "She authored this play"

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Bibliography noun · 78% connection

a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a…

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a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…

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a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…

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Editor noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data

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(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data

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Inspection noun · 78% connection

a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the ele…

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a periodical dedicated to a particular subject; "he reads the medical journals"

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Ampliative adjective · 78% connection

Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.

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Apprehension noun · 78% connection

Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

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Approximation noun · 78% connection

An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.

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Beau ideal unknown · 78% connection

A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemish…

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Category noun · 78% connection

One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge or thought can be reduced, and by which they can be arranged in a system;…

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Colligation noun · 78% connection

That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepl…

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Conceit noun · 78% connection

That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.

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Conceive verb · 78% connection

To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.

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Concept noun · 78% connection

An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.

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Conceptual adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to conception.

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Depth noun · 78% connection

The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.

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Design noun · 78% connection

A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form o…

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Entelechy noun · 78% connection

An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.

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Entity noun · 78% connection

A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.

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Epictetain adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances.

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Extenuate verb · 78% connection

To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, e…

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Fancy noun · 78% connection

An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.

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Fantasy noun · 78% connection

Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

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