Antonyms for conception
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh n-sep-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsɛp ʃən |
Definition of conception
Origin :- early 14c., "act of conceiving," from Old French concepcion (Modern French conception) "conception, grasp, comprehension," from Latin conceptionem (nominative conceptio) "a comprehending, conception," noun of action from stem of concipere (see conceive). Originally in the womb sense (also with reference to Conception Day in the Church calendar); mental sense "process of forming concepts" is late 14c. Meaning "that which is conceived in the mind" is from 1520s; "general notion" is from 1785.
- noun understanding; idea
- noun beginning, birth
- She was not a woman in the habit of reasoning, and had no conception of the difficulties in his way.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- My conception of the love of God lacked just that quality—intensity.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- It is just because she has no conception of what she is about!
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- I wonder if you have the least conception of how those boys looked?
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Young Ried had no conception of the sacrifice for which he had asked.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Shakespeare should never have used this incident; it is a blot on his conception.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- He has no conception of what to do, and his folly is to feign folly.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- There is no effacing that conception from the New Testament.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- With that conception of the two men in his mind, he began to write his play.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- This is the Dutch conception of a welcome after five months!
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
Synonyms for conception
- apperception
- appreciation
- apprehension
- clue
- cogitating
- cognition
- communing
- comprehension
- conceit
- concentrating
- concept
- consideration
- considering
- deliberating
- design
- dreaming
- envisaging
- explanation
- exposition
- fancy
- fancying
- fertilization
- formation
- germination
- image
- imagining
- impregnation
- impression
- inception
- initiation
- inkling
- insemination
- intellection
- interpretation
- invention
- launching
- meditating
- meditation
- mental grasp
- musing
- notion
- origin
- outset
- perception
- philosophizing
- picture
- plan
- realization
- representation
- speculating
- speculation
- start
- thought
- version
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