Definition of ideation
:the capacity for or the act of forming or entertaining ideas
- suicidal ideation
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Examples of ideation in a Sentence
caregivers are trained to watch for signs of depression and suicidal ideation—some patients are likely to put their fantasies to action
Recent Examples of ideation from the Web
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Fashion writer, author, company cofounder, entrepreneur and chief ideation officer Hillary Kerr can do it all.
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Since the program is intended to guide students through the ideation process, applicants don't need to have a business plan.
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Note: There is some discussion of suicide and suicidal ideation.
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Suge Knight (played by Dominic L. Santana) is seen more as a tough mentor and not the psychological master manipulator that previous ideations of Knight have portrayed.
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Patients with opioid addiction last year were eight times more likely than people without addiction to have alcoholism, nearly seven times as likely to have suicidal ideation and more than twice as likely to suffer from depression.
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In Mandel’s perfect world, ketamine would be FDA approved to treat depression and suicide ideation.
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The next session will be a three-hour ideation bootcamp on June 13 in conference rooms at Golden Pacific Bank, 980 Ninth St. in Sacramento.
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Later in life, that desperation evolves into isolation, estrangement from family, and occasional suicidal ideation.
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First Known Use of ideation
1818
ideation Synonyms
Synonyms
contrivance, creativity, fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), imagination, imaginativeness, invention, inventiveness, originalityRelated Words
brainstorm, brainstorming, inspiration; fecundity, fertility; ingenuity, resourcefulness; versatility; chimera, daydream, delusion, dream, figment, hallucination, illusion, mind's eye, mirage, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream; envisaging, visualizationNear Antonyms
literality, literalnessFinancial Definition of IDEATION
ideation
What It Is
Ideation is the act of forming ideas.
How It Works
For example, let's say Company XYZ makes widgets, and it wants to get into the children's widget market. Its product development team starts brainstorming ideas for specs, features and production methods.
This ideation process includes listing possible product features, designing prototypes, manufacturing prototypes, doing market research, and going back to square one with various iterations until something marketable and profitable emerges.
In a purely marketing context, ideation might involve creating an image board or concept for advertising.
Why It Matters
Ideation is what many business people spend a significant time doing. Without creativity, experimentation and dreaming, businesses would be far less innovative and thus far less profitable.
Source: Investing Answers
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of ideation
:the capacity for or the act of forming or entertaining ideas
- suicidal ideation
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