conceptual

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from Medieval Latin conceptuālis, from Latin conceptus, perfect passive participle of concipiō (“take hold of; conceive”); see concept and -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛptjʊəl/
• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛptʃuəl/, [kʰənˈsɛpt͡ʃul̩]

Adjective

conceptual (comparative more conceptual, superlative most conceptual)

1. Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination.

   We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:

     The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.

2. Of or relating to conceptualism.

Derived terms

• aconceptual
• anticonceptual
• biconceptual
• conceptual analysis
• conceptual art
• conceptual definition
• conceptual fallacy
• conceptual graph
• conceptual inverse
• conceptualism
• conceptualist
• conceptuality
• conceptualize
• conceptually
• conceptual metaphor
• conceptual model
• conceptual network
• conceptual physics
• conceptual schema
• metaconceptual
• nonconceptual
• periconceptual
• photoconceptual
• postconceptual
• preconceptual
• subconceptual

 

Related terms

• concept
• conceptualism

Descendants

• German: konzeptuell

Translations

of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination

• Bulgarian: умозрителен (bg) (umozritelen)
• Catalan: conceptual (ca)
• Danish: konceptuel
• Dutch: conceptueel (nl)
• Finnish: käsite-, käsitteellinen (fi), ajatuksellinen
• French: conceptuel (fr)
• Galician: conceptual
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: konzeptionell (de)
• Greek: εννοιολογικός (el) (ennoiologikós)
• Japanese: 概念的 (gainenteki)
• Portuguese: conceitual, conceptual
• Spanish: conceptual (es)
• Tagalog: dalumatin
• Yiddish: באַגריפֿיק (bagrifik)

of, or relating to conceptualism

• Catalan: conceptual (ca)
• Finnish: konseptualistinen
• Greek: εννοιοκρατικός (el) (ennoiokratikós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: conceitual, conceptual
• Tagalog: dalumatin

Further reading

• “conceptual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “conceptual”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.səp.tuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.səp.tuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.sep.tuˈal]

Adjective

conceptual m or f (masculine and feminine plural conceptuals)

1. conceptual

Derived terms

• conceptualisme
• conceptualista
• conceptualitzar

Related terms

• concepte

Further reading

• “conceptual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /konθebˈtwal/ [kõn̟.θeβ̞ˈt̪wal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /konsebˈtwal/ [kõn.seβ̞ˈt̪wal]

Adjective

conceptual m or f (masculine and feminine plural conceptuales)

1. conceptual

Derived terms

• conceptualismo
• conceptualista
• conceptualizar

Related terms

• concepto

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001