conceptualizationn.
/kənˌsɛptʃʊəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /kənˌsɛptʃᵿlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /kənˌsɛptʃl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /kənˌsɛptjʊəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /kənˌsɛptjᵿlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /kənˌsɛp(t)ʃ(əw)əˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action or an act of conceptualizing something; the result of this.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > [noun] > forming of ideas
thoughta1325
conceptiona1387
conceiving1559
conceiting1563
surmise1592
apprehension1597
realization1797
ideation1818
conceptualization1866
conceptualizing1897
1866 G. W. Thompson Living Forces Universe i. vii. 324 The Decalogue..is the synthesis of duties bound together in the highest conceptualization of the Love.
1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe vii. 290 Vainly seeking to describe by concepts and words what I say at the same time exceeds either conceptualization or verbalization.
1929 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Dec. 1046 The formally colder conceptualization of the ‘Philebus’.
1955 H. Meyerhoff Time in Lit. 157 A number of interesting social and psychological implications of our linguistic conceptualization of time.
1979 F. H. Cardoso in D. Collier New Authoritarianism in Lat. Amer. 38 The conceptualization of the state is a complex matter.
2014 Crit. Hist. Stud. 1 10 The arguments I will be offering..rely on a Marxist conceptualization of capitalism and its effects.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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