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conceptive



ADJECTIVE
reproductive
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But that size in pictures is no test of conceptive artistic genius needs no demonstration, though it may be conceded to be a gauge of executive ability.

From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Irene Langridge

When the writer has his hands on a plot, of whatever type and however found, his conceptive labors are by no means over.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Robert Saunders Dowst

It will take a very real degree of courage and perseverance to carry out a course of practice in conceptive and constructive technique long enough to accomplish its end.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Robert Saunders Dowst

Strict executive technique and also the technique of construction—which is both conceptive and executive—will be taken up after dealing with the matter of story types and the matter of plot.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Robert Saunders Dowst

The most practiced intellect is not exempt from the universal laws of our conceptive faculty.

From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by John Stuart Mill




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