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as in notions
an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation
the false conception that wheelchair users are homebound and helpless
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as in ideas
something imagined or pictured in the mind
our changing conceptions of what constitutes art
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Recent Examples of conceptions
Thus, the cisgendered body and heterosexuality are a dynamic instead of a foundation to our conceptions of Black motherhood.
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Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Users could compare the two and get a window into their own conceptions of the game.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Some say the country is a secular republic founded on 18th-century conceptions of human reason and natural law.
—Thomas Tweed, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
In reaction against the waste of life and ill-success of Mazzini’s program, moderate opinion tended to crystallize around federal conceptions of the solution of the Italian problem.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
Second, however, at the chasm between the Framers’ conceptions of Presidential war power and the unbounded nature of that authority today.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
Rising above material needs, our current conceptions of class, identity, and climate will shift radically.
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Farrell and Kidman are outstanding, even as Lanthimos' ritualistic plotting and direction keep them hemmed into their characters' rigid conceptions.
—Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
The hierarchy of money is present in both conceptions, it is not spelled out explicitly in either conception.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Users could compare the two and get a window into their own conceptions of the game.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Some say the country is a secular republic founded on 18th-century conceptions of human reason and natural law.
—Thomas Tweed, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
In reaction against the waste of life and ill-success of Mazzini’s program, moderate opinion tended to crystallize around federal conceptions of the solution of the Italian problem.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
Second, however, at the chasm between the Framers’ conceptions of Presidential war power and the unbounded nature of that authority today.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
Rising above material needs, our current conceptions of class, identity, and climate will shift radically.
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Farrell and Kidman are outstanding, even as Lanthimos' ritualistic plotting and direction keep them hemmed into their characters' rigid conceptions.
—Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
The hierarchy of money is present in both conceptions, it is not spelled out explicitly in either conception.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceptions
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Talks would persist for the next two years, often in quiet, until the event that would shatter all notions of complacency toward the Israeli-Palestinian status quo.—
Jennifer Cunningham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2025
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My mother taught literature at a college on Long Island and had notions about where to send me.—
Joan Silber,
New Yorker,
30 Nov. 2025
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None of those ideas appeared on the congressional planners’ agenda, but the two teams agreed that there was still time to add more events.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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Yet there are few signs that any of those cutting-edge business ideas will contribute meaningfully to Tesla’s bottom line in the near term — or ever.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Prominently, Laviolette’s teams have featured defensemen who liberally join the rush and get involved in five-man cycles, concepts that were largely foreign to the Kings’ corps last season.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
11 June 2026
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At the same time, some of the concepts that dominate fashion industry lingo barely registered among respondents.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
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Nguyen, who publishes heady critical essays on Substack, has some appealingly contrarian thoughts.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2025
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Here, as in The Passenger, the author’s cinematic structure displays carefully calibrated shifts of perspective, as close-ups revealing the inner thoughts of the protagonists give way to long shots that vividly evoke the vibrant and often violent city that was Berlin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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And research suggests such stereotypes aren’t far off.—
Anirban Mukhopadhyay,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
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This includes studying how children develop false stereotypes about who can become a scientist.—
Remy Dou,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
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American strikes destroyed what appears to be drinking water infrastructureon Iran’s southern coast early Wednesday, according to videos and pictures shared by Iranian media and geolocated by NBC News.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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The festival Thursday had a family-friendly vibe, with everyone taking pictures and enjoying time together, said Maria Botchatcher.—
Zuri Primos
June 11,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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“Conceptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceptions. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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