Concept

Quick meaning: Concept is a noun meaning An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.

Meaning

An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.

More Meanings

1. (generic programming) A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
2. To conceive; to dream up.
3. Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).

Example Sentences

The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term.

Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?

Word Forms

• concepts
• concepting
• concepted

Synonyms for concept

Depending on context, synonyms include conception, notion, abstraction, construct.

Antonyms for concept

Common opposites include misconception.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include construct, conception, conceptual, conceptually, theoretical, conceptualization.

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