Antonyms for ideation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ahy-dee-ey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌaɪ diˈeɪ ʃən

Definition of ideation

Origin : 1829; see idea + -ation. Related: Ideational.
As we say Sensation, we might say also, Ideation; it would be a very useful word; and there is no objection to it, except the pedantic habit of decrying a new term. [James Mill, "Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind," London, 1829]

As in thought : noun formation of mental objects
As in thinking : noun thought
As in rumination : noun thought

Example sentences :

If it be present, the ideation and explicit judgment may be dispensed with.
Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

We have already seen that our ideation has the self for center and point of reference.
Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross

The will-power of an individual is dependent upon his ideation.
Extract from : « Freedom Talks No. II » by Julia Seton

The suppression extends over the unconscious ideation, because the liberation of pain might emanate from the ideation.
Extract from : « Dream Psychology » by Sigmund Freud

Up to this time his talent and capabilities had outstripped his powers of ideation.
Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright

Let us, then, examine in what measure this separation between perception and ideation can be legitimately established.
Extract from : « The Mind and the Brain » by Alfred Binet

It is the limited, inhibited conception of sex that vitiates so much of the thought and ideation of the Eugenists.
Extract from : « The Pivot of Civilization » by Margaret Sanger

Reality is a function of the senses or of ideation; truth is a function of reasoning or of the reason.
Extract from : « The Mind and the Brain » by Alfred Binet

They reach the will through the inside, in the realm of ideation, and not from the outside, in the way of domination.
Extract from : « The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul » by Jirah D. Buck

Alcohol, the juggler with men's thoughts, abruptly pressed upon a new center of ideation in Certina Charley's brain.
Extract from : « The Clarion » by Samuel Hopkins Adams

Synonyms for ideation

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