Immaculate conception simply means that the Virgin Mary herself was born without original sin. Virgin birth is how Christ came about.
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Conception
/kənˈsɛpʃən/
Synonyms for "conception" (326 found)
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abstract thoughtact of thoughtappreciationapprehensionapproacharrangementartistic imaginationassumptionattackattitudeauthorshipbeginningbirthblueprintblueprintingbrainbrainsbrainworkcalculationcaliber
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dispositioneidetic imageemergenceenterpriseenvisagementenvisagingenvisioningeratoesemplastic imaginationesemplastic powerespritestimateestimationethoseuterpeexcogitationeyefabricationfancyfeeling
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layoutlifelike imagelightslineuplong-range planmaking domappingmaster planmasterymelpomenememory-tracemensmental actmental agemental capacitymental graspmental imagemental impressionmental labormental picture
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mental processmental ratiomental representationmentalitymentationmethodmethodologymindmintagemother witmusemystiquemythicizationmythificationmythopoeianative witnoesisnotionnousobjectificationobservationoperations researchopinionorganizationoriginoriginaloriginationoutlineperceptionpersonal judgmentpicturepicturingplanplanningplanning functionpoetic imagerypoetic imaginationpoint of viewpolyhymniapopular beliefpositionposturepower of mindpower of reasonprearrangementprecognitionprehensionpresumptionprevailing beliefprocedureprogramprogram of actionproposalprovenanceproveniencepsychepublic beliefpublic opinionradicalradixratioratiocinationrationalityrationalizationreactionrealizationreasonreasoningreasoning facultyreasoning powerreceptreflectionrenderingrenditionrepresentationriserootsanitysavvyscheduleschemaschematismschematizationschemescheme of arrangementscope of mindseedsensesentimentsetupshaping imaginationsightsmartssourcestancestartstemstockstraight thinkingstrategic planstrategysuperfetationsuperimpregnationsuppositionsystemsystematizationtactical plantacticstaprootterpsichorethaliathe big picturethe picturetheorythinkingthinking aloudthinking outthinking powerthoughtunderstandingvernunftversionviewvisionvisionaryvisual imagevisualizationvorstellungwayway of thinkingwisdomwitword paintingword-paintingworking plan
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16 entriesbeginningbeliefbiological processconceptcreative thinkingcreativenesscreativityideamental processreproductionsexsex activitysexual activitysexual practicethoughtunderstanding
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10 entriesdesignfertilizationframe of referencehypothesisimplantationinterpretationperspectivepoint of viewtheoryzygote formation
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Consider what effects, that might conceivably have practical bearings, we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object.
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There is but One who is absolutely by and through himself, — namely, God; and God is not the mere dead conception to which we have thus given utterance, but he is in himself pure Life.
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Condillac, with sensationalism, revolutionised the concept of mind, making language and gesture prior to ideas, shattering Locke's conception of language as a mere passive medium.
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