Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to concepts or mental conception.
- adjective Of or relating to conceptualism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to conception, mental or physical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to conception.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to
concepts ormental conception ;existing in theimagination - adjective Of, or relating to
conceptualism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being or characterized by concepts or their formation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At a time when the term conceptual art is bandied about in reference to such transparently non-conceptualists as Tracey Emin, this show by nine contemporary artists reminds us of a creative genre that puts as much emphasis on often highly obscure ideas as on the apparent resolution of the finished image.
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The term conceptual art has become so broadly used as to be all but shapeless.
NYT > Home Page By HOLLAND COTTER 2011
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Therefore, insofar as we deal with text, the term conceptual information seems to coincide with the meaning of that text.
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It's unclear quite why the rebranding has taken place, and it has confounded garden historian and critic Tim Richardson, who originally coined the phrase "conceptual garden" and championed Britain's burgeoning conceptual-design scene.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal Recipe dice Craft designer Lea Redmond has been vending what she calls her "conceptual arty stuff" since 2007 one such invention would be her "Alphabet Noodle Performance Napkins," fabric rectangles designed to look like lined notebook paper.
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Next, following advice from Apache Point veterans that blowing air seems to profoundly disturb moths, he proposed what he called a conceptual deterrent system that involved an air gun, small rubber tubing, a valve, and an electric timer.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Next, following advice from Apache Point veterans that blowing air seems to profoundly disturb moths, he proposed what he called a conceptual deterrent system that involved an air gun, small rubber tubing, a valve, and an electric timer.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Next, following advice from Apache Point veterans that blowing air seems to profoundly disturb moths, he proposed what he called a conceptual deterrent system that involved an air gun, small rubber tubing, a valve, and an electric timer.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Next, following advice from Apache Point veterans that blowing air seems to profoundly disturb moths, he proposed what he called a conceptual deterrent system that involved an air gun, small rubber tubing, a valve, and an electric timer.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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He prefers what he calls the conceptual approach to the study of the technology of law.
Archive 2009-05-01 Michel-Adrien Sheppard 2009
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