Synonyms for conception
kənˈsɛp ʃəncon·cep·tion

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1. conceptionnoun

   Antonyms:
   misconception

2. conceptionnoun

   Antonyms:
   misconception

3. conceptionnoun

   Antonyms:
   misconception

4. conceptionnoun

   Antonyms:
   misconception

5. conceptionnoun

   Antonyms:
   misconception

6. conceptionnoun

   Antonyms:
   misconception

7. conceptionnoun

   Antonyms:
   misconception

8. conceptionnoun

   Antonyms:
   misconception

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1. conception

   An intellectual fancy is a mental image or picture founded upon slight or whimsical association or resemblance; a conceit has less of the picturesque and more of the theoretic than a fancy; a conceit is somewhat aside from the common laws of reasoning, as a fancy is lighter and more airy than the common mode of thought. A conceit or fancy may be wholly unfounded, while a conception always has, or is believed to have, some answering reality. (Compare REASON.) An intellectual fancy or conceit may be pleasing or amusing, but is never worth serious discussion; we speak of a mere fancy, a droll or odd conceit. An emotional or personal fancy is a capricious liking formed with slight reason and no exercise of judgment, and liable to fade as lightly as it was formed. In a broader sense, the fancy signifies the faculty by which fancies or mental images are formed, associated, or combined. Compare synonyms for DREAM; IDEA; IMAGINATION.

   Synonyms:
   belief, caprice, conceit, desire, fancy, humor, idea, image, imagination, inclination, liking, mood, predilection, supposition, vagary, whim

   Antonyms:
   actuality, certainty, fact, reality, truth, verity

   Preposition:
   To have a fancy for or take a fancy to a person or thing.

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1. concept, conception, constructnoun

   an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

   Synonyms:
   construct, excogitation, innovation, concept, creation, design, invention

   Antonyms:
   misconception

2. conceptionnoun

   the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon

   Synonyms:
   construct, design, invention, innovation, excogitation, creation, concept

   Antonyms:
   misconception

3. creation, conceptionnoun

   the event that occurred at the beginning of something

   "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"

   Synonyms:
   foundation, world, instauration, design, construct, invention, creative activity, cosmos, creation, concept, excogitation, universe, macrocosm, institution, founding, innovation, initiation, origination, introduction, existence

   Antonyms:
   misconception

4. invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, designnoun

   the creation of something in the mind

   Synonyms:
   intention, foundation, initiation, instauration, design, introduction, construct, designing, figure, creation, plan, excogitation, aim, intent, blueprint, institution, founding, innovation, pattern, invention, origination, concept, purpose

   Antonyms:
   misconception

Matched Categories

1. • Beginning
   • Creativity
   • Sexual Activity

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. conceptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   conceiving

2. conceptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   apprehension, IMAGINATION, the mind's eye

3. conceptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   notion, idea, thought, fancy, conceit, impression

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conceptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   ideation, imagination, idea, concept, notion, impression

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1. List of paraphrases for "conception":

   design, concepción, concept, kwun, idea, designing, notion, vision, pregnancy

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1. Baruch Spinoza:

   If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.

2. Nick Loeb:

   Well, I've always believed that life begins at conception.

3. Felix Adler:

   The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in it is not merely academic. Every outcry against the oppression of some people by other people, or against what is morally hideous is the affirmation of the principle that a human being as such is not to be violated. A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered.

4. Ron Hood:

   I believe life begins at conception so the goal of House Bill 565 is to, first of all, continue to get the word out that life does begin at conception and move the debate in that direction and to protect unborn Ohioans from being aborted.

5. George Paul:

   There has been recorded mating between different pairs over the last few years, but not conceptions, based on a recent health examination conducted, both animals have a regular estrus cycle, but no conception has been recorded.