Conception Crossword Clue

While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Conception crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on May 5 2023 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Conception has a total of 4 letters.

RankAnswerCluePublisher
99%IDEAConceptionWall Street Journal
20%PREBeginning of conception?Universal
20%FALLACIESMisconceptionsWall Street Journal
20%ABOVOFrom conceptionNew York Times
20%AGEWhat the number of spots on a ladybug represents in a common misconceptionNew York Times
20%IDEE'Fausse' __ (misconception)Newsday

Definition

The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual.
A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization.
Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is conceived or thought of.
A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development.
A plan or purpose of action; intention; design.
A rational conception; the complete conception of an object when thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract.
A fiction object or picture created by the imagination; the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns of created things, conceived by the Platonists to have excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the Deity.

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