ideation

English

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Etymology

From ideate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ideation (countable and uncountable; plural ideations)

Wikipedia

1. The conceptualization of a mental image.
   • 2012, Jerf, comment on Hacker News:

     Natural language is fuzzy mostly because human ideation is fuzzy.

2. (often business) The synthesis of ideas.

Translations

synthesis of ideas

• French: idéation (fr) f
• Italian: ideazione (it) f

• Russian: мышление (ru) (myšlenije) n

External links

• ideation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ideation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• iodinate