conceptive
Example Sentences
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They were not, therefore, deterred by the vacuity and poor conceptive faculty of the artists from employing them.
From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington
The sole limitation upon his work is his own conceptive and executive power, unless he foolishly subjects himself to the bondage of some special school.
From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders
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 Dowst, Robert Saunders
The writer of fiction should be warned that it is supremely difficult to avoid becoming artificial and mechanical, and that he will surely become so if he does his conceptive thinking in terms of analysis.
From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders
The labors of the fiction writer are of two sorts, conceptive and executive.
From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders
