Perception is based, to a very large extent, on conceptual models - which are always inadequate, often incomplete and sometimes profoundly wrong.
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Conceptual
//kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃu.əl//
Synonyms for "conceptual" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (46)
Related word relations
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Related terms
2 entriesderived
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
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6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 22 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- канцэптуа́льны adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
Bulgarian
1 entries- умозрителен adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
Catalan
2 entries- conceptual adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
- conceptual adj (of, or relating to conceptualism)
Danish
1 entries- konceptuel adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
Dutch
1 entries- conceptueel adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
Finnish
4 entries- ajatuksellinen adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
- konsepti adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
- konseptuaalinen adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
- konseptualistinen adj (of, or relating to conceptualism)
French
1 entries- conceptuel adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
Galician
1 entries- conceptual adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
German
1 entries- konzeptionell adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
Greek
2 entries- εννοιοκρατικός adj (of, or relating to conceptualism)
- εννοιολογικός adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
Hungarian
1 entries- fogalmi adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
Indonesian
2 entries- konseptual adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
- konseptual adj (of, or relating to conceptualism)
Japanese
1 entries- 概念的 adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
Latvian
3 entries- jēdzienisks adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
- konceptuāls adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
- konceptuāls adj (of, or relating to conceptualism)
Polish
1 entries- konceptualny adj (of, or relating to conceptualism)
Portuguese
4 entries- conceitual adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
- conceitual adj (of, or relating to conceptualism)
- conceptual adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
- conceptual adj (of, or relating to conceptualism)
Russian
1 entries- концептуа́льный adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
Spanish
1 entries- conceptual adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
Swedish
3 entries- begreppslig adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
- begreppsmässig adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
- konceptuell adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
Tagalog
2 entries- dalumatin adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
- dalumatin adj (of, or relating to conceptualism)
Ukrainian
2 entries- концептуа́льний adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
- концептуа́льний adj (of, or relating to conceptualism)
Yiddish
1 entries- באַגריפֿיק adj (of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The Econ exam was pretty easy, mostly conceptual stuff, supply and demand, and all that.
Source: tatoeba (8165590)
It is a conceptual error to say that bees form colonies. The most appropriate term is “society” because these animals do not maintain physical bonds with each other.
Source: tatoeba (9772361)
If you like "Oz," you may like the article "What does Jukurrpa ('Dreamtime', 'Dreaming') mean? A semantic and conceptual journey of discovery."
Source: tatoeba (10673435)
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