concept

Noun
  1. An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances (synset 105844071)
    is a type of: idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
    subtypes:
    • conceptualisation, conceptuality, conceptualization - an elaborated concept
    • notion - a general inclusive concept
    • category - a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
    • regulation, rule - a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
    • attribute, dimension, property - a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
    • abstract, abstraction - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
    • quantity - the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
    • division, part, section - one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
    • whole - all of something including all its component elements or parts
    • law, natural law - a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
    • law, law of nature - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
    • lexicalized concept - a concept that is expressed by a word (in some particular language)
    • hypothesis, possibility, theory - a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
    • fact - a concept whose truth can be proved
    • linguistic rule, rule - (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
    same as: conception, construct

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