conceptions

NOUN

understanding; idea

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appreciation conceit concept impression interpretation notion perception realization

STRONG

apperception apprehension clue cognition comprehension consideration design dreaming explanation exposition fancy image inkling intellection meditation musing philosophizing picture plan representation speculation thought version

WEAK

cogitating communing concentrating considering deliberating envisaging fancying imagining meditating mental grasp speculating

Antonyms

STRONG

concrete fact ignorance misunderstanding reality truth

WEAK

abortion being death

NOUN

beginning, birth

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fertilization origin

STRONG

formation germination impregnation inception initiation insemination invention launching outset start

Antonyms

STRONG

conclusion end ending finish

WEAK

abortion being concrete death

Example Sentences

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A book published last month in the Netherlands reminds us how vast is the difference between the West’s conceptions of interest and Mr. Putin’s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But the two statesmen had different conceptions of governance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

But TV had never seen anything quite like the Krofft shows, with its Day-Glo aesthetic, crazy conceptions and combination of puppets, costume puppets and costumed human characters into a half-hour comedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

These aspirations speak to customers’ greatest desires, their dreams for the future, and their conceptions of who they are and who they strive to be.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

There is a fundamental difference between these two conceptions of the Scientific Revolution.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton