conceptual
adjUK /kənˈsɛp.tjʊəl/ · CA, US /kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃu.əl/
Etymology Borrowed from Medieval Latin conceptuālis, from Latin conceptus, perfect passive participle of concipiō (“take hold of; conceive”); see concept and -al.
1
Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
- The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
2
Existing only in the imagination.
- We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.
3
Of or relating to conceptualism.
- Synonyms
- ideal, notional, imaginary, conceptualistic
- Derived terms
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aconceptual, anticonceptual, biconceptual, conceptual analysis, conceptual art, conceptual definition, conceptual engineering, conceptual fallacy, conceptual graph, conceptual inverse, conceptualism, conceptualist, conceptuality, conceptualization, conceptualize, conceptually, conceptual metaphor, conceptual network, conceptual physics, conceptual schema, metaconceptual, multiconceptual, neoconceptual, nonconceptual, periconceptual, photoconceptual, postconceptual, preconceptual, subconceptual, uniconceptual- Related terms
- concept, conceptualism