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An idea wearing a suit, pretending it was always real and inevitable.
means A general idea or abstract notion formed in the mind, often standing in for a whole category of things or a guiding principle.
from From Latin conceptum, 'something conceived,' the neuter past participle of concipere — 'to take in, take hold of, become pregnant with' — built from con- ('together') and capere ('to take, seize'). So a concept is, quite literally, something the mind has grasped and carried, the same way a body conceives and carries a child. The metaphor of mental pregnancy runs deep: ideas, like infants, are first conceived and only later born into the world.
- latin roots
- From conceptus, meaning to grasp or conceive.
- car edition
- Concept cars exist mostly to never be built.
- brain trick
- Concepts let you think 'dog' without picturing any specific dog.
- art world
- Conceptual art prizes the idea over the object itself.