conception
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(noun) the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon |
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Related Words: sex, sex activity, sexual activity |
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(noun) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances |
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Synonyms: concept, construct |
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Related Words: abstract, abstraction, attribute, category, conceptuality, conceptualization, dimension, division, fact, hypothesis, idea, imaginary being, imaginary creature, law, law of nature, linguistic rule, natural law, notion, part, possibility, property, quantity, regulation, rule, section, theory, thought, whole |
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Antonyms: misconception |
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(noun) the event that occured at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure" |
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Synonyms: creation |
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Related Words: beginning, fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation |
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(noun) the creation of something in the mind |
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Synonyms: design, excogitation, innovation, invention |
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Related Words: contrivance, creativeness, creativity |
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