conceptual

American  

[kuhn-sep-choo-uhl] / kənˈsɛp tʃu əl /

adjective

1. pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.

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conceptual British  

/ kənˈsɛptjʊəl /

adjective

1. relating to or concerned with concepts; abstract

2. concerned with the definitions or relations of the concepts of some field of enquiry rather than with the facts

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Other Word Forms

• conceptuality noun
• conceptually adverb
• nonconceptual adjective
• postconceptual adjective
• unconceptual adjective

Etymology

Origin of conceptual

First recorded in 1655–65; Medieval Latin conceptuālis; conceptus, -al ¹

Example Sentences

Loren is the founding editor of the art and literary conceptual “tabloid” On the Rag and curator of the reading series Casual Encountersz.

From Los Angeles Times

Ultimately a conceptual architect, he occasionally suffers from the chronic weakness of the type, which is that the realization can be weaker than the conception.

From The Wall Street Journal

But that conceptual shift can be challenging for even the savviest of technologists.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a world of limited resources, many state education departments are trading one requirement for the other as they give priority to the practical over the conceptual.

From The Wall Street Journal

Loren is the founding editor of the art and literary conceptual ‘tabloid’ On The Rag and curator of the reading series Casual Encountersz.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• theoretical
• visionary