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Concept

Concept Meaning & Definition
Concept Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Concept?

[n] an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

Synonyms | Synonyms for Concept: conception | construct

Related Terms | Find terms related to Concept: apprehension | assumption | attitude | climate of opinion | common belief | community sentiment | conceit | conception | conceptualization | conclusion | consensus gentium | consideration | eidetic image | envisaging | envisioning | estimate | estimation | ethos | eye | fancy | feeling | general belief | idea | image | imagery | imagery study | imaging | imagism | imagistic poetry | imago | impression | intellection | intellectual object | judgment | lifelike image | lights | memory-trace | mental image | mental impression | mental picture | mental representation | mind | mystique | notion | objectification | observation | opinion | perception | personal judgment | picture | picturing | poetic imagery | point of view | popular belief | position | posture | presumption | prevailing belief | public belief | public opinion | reaction | recept | reflection | representation | sentiment | sight | stance | supposition | theory | thinking | thought | view | vision | visual image | visualization | Vorstellung | way of thinking | word-painting

See Also | abstract | abstraction | attribute | category | conceptualisation | conceptuality | conceptualization | dimension | division | fact | hypothesis | idea | imaginary being | imaginary creature | law | law of nature | lexicalized concept | linguistic rule | natural law | notion | part | possibility | property | quantity | regulation | rule | section | theory | thought | whole

Concept In Webster's Dictionary

\Con"cept\, n. [L. conceptus (cf. neut. conceptum fetus), p. p. of concipere to conceive: cf. F. concept. See {Conceit}.] An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal. The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term. --Sir W. Hamilton.

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