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Inception

//ɪnˈsɛpʃən// noun

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Noun

1
The creation or beginning of something; the establishment. countable, uncountable
"From its inception, the agency has been helping people obtain and properly install car seats for children."
2
an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events wordnet
3
A layering, nesting, or recursion of something within itself. countable, uncountable
"Well it's the… Mr. Introspective / I'm a dreamer's dream, a sort of an inception"

Etymology

Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin inceptiō, from inceptus, perfect passive participle of incipiō (“I begin”). The layering sense derives from the 2010 science fiction film Inception, in which a team of people infiltrate someone’s subconscious mind, proceeding through several layers of dreams with the goal of causing someone to incept an idea.

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