Definition of Conception

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Conception

The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

The state of being conceived; beginning.

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.

The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension.

The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. See Concept.

Idea; purpose; design.

Conceit; affected sentiment or thought.

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Conception Quotations

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
Socrates

The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image.
Michelangelo

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
Michelangelo

A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is, is a trial of which you can have no conception.
George Bernard Shaw

Vision - It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own.
Robert Collier

Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution.
Jay Leno

But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
James Dean

The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative.
Benito Mussolini

A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.
George Santayana

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Conception Translations

conception in Italian is concezione

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