conceptualization

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

conceptualization
    n 1: inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and
         formulating it mentally [syn: {conceptualization},
         {conceptualisation}, {formulation}]
    2: an elaborated concept [syn: {conceptualization},
       {conceptualisation}, {conceptuality}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

conceptualization \conceptualization\ n.
   the act of formulating or making a concept of something.

   Syn: conceptualisation, formulation, formularizing,
        formularising.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. an elaborated concept.

   Syn: conceptuality.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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