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View synonyms for conceptual

conceptual

[ kuhn-sep-choo-uhl ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.


conceptual

/ kənˈsɛptjʊəl /

adjective

  1. relating to or concerned with concepts; abstract
  2. concerned with the definitions or relations of the concepts of some field of enquiry rather than with the facts
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Derived Forms

  • conˈceptually, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • con·cep·tu·al·i·ty [k, uh, n-sep-choo-, al, -i-tee], noun
  • con·cep·tu·al·ly adverb
  • non·con·cep·tu·al adjective
  • post·con·cep·tu·al adjective
  • un·con·cep·tu·al adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of conceptual1

First recorded in 1655–65; Medieval Latin conceptuālis; conceptus, -al 1
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Example Sentences

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The White House and defence officials have so far provided few concrete details about what the Golden Dome - which is still in its conceptual stages - would actually look like.

From BBC

The exhibition is divided into 12 conceptual sections: ownership, presence, distinction, disguise, freedom, champion, respectability, jook, heritage, beauty, cool and cosmopolitanism.

From Salon

He was driving toward a sort of America First isolationism and shoring up the boundaries of the U.S., whether literal borders or conceptual boundaries of American identity.

From Salon

For now, officials have gotten “conceptual approval” from the railroad.

He said the absence of an overarching idea had given the band a sense of freedom, compared to more conceptual Pulp albums such as This Is Hardcore.

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