conceptual [kuh n-sep -choo-uh l]
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See more synonyms for conceptual on Thesaurus.com Origin of conceptual From the
Medieval Latin word
conceptuālis, dating back to
1655–65. See
conceptus ,
-al1 Related forms con·cep·tu·al·i·ty [kuh n-sep-choo-al -i-tee] /kənˌsɛp tʃuˈæl ɪ ti/ noun con·cep·tu·al·ly , adverb non·con·cep·tu·al , adjective non·con·cep·tu·al·ly , adverb post·con·cep·tu·al , adjective un·con·cep·tu·al , adjective un·con·cep·tu·al·ly , adverb Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for conceptual Contemporary Examples of conceptual They wrote some big checks so we could do the conceptual work.
“There is a conceptual leap that the first assessor used,” Feldman said.
The work requested was already complete, produced on her terms, so no intellectual or conceptual was required.
They seem to demand a framing text as much as any work of conceptual art ever could.
In his Second Treatise of Government, Locke helped lay the conceptual groundwork for the American rebellion.
Historical Examples of conceptual We then compared the mechanism of conceptual thought to that of the cinematograph.
Conceptual logic, on the other hand, is false from the start.
The realities which arose were not of sense but conceptual , ideal.
The conceptual is related to the objective as a train of cars is related to the railway.
Rapid Dominance is a first conceptual step to deal with this possibility.
British Dictionary definitions for conceptual relating to or concerned with concepts; abstract concerned with the definitions or relations of the concepts of some field of enquiry rather than with the facts Show More
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Word Origin and History for conceptual adj. 1820, "pertaining to mental conception" (there is an isolated use from 1662), from Medieval Latin conceptualis , from Latin conceptus "a collecting, gathering, conceiving," past participle of concipere (see conceive ). Related: Conceptualism ; conceptualist .
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conceptual [kən-sĕp′ chōō-əl]
Relating to concepts or the the formation of concepts. Show More
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