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But this conception is the result of an arbitrary confusion between the generality of laws and that of genera.

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  1. noun Formation of a viable zygote by the union of the male sperm and female ovum; fertilization.
  2. noun The entity formed by the union of the male sperm and female ovum; an embryo or zygote.
  3. noun The ability to form or understand mental concepts and abstractions.
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  • The intellectual power of this conception is at least equal to the majesty and sublime strength of its artistic presentation. —  The Life of Michelangelo Buonarotti
  • In “The New Adam and Eve” he reviews society in its institutions and its garniture of civilization; and the conception is a happy device by which to obtain the requisite distance and wholeness for a single point of view. —  Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • This conception is then transferred without substantial modification to industry as a whole; and it is supposed, by a parity of reasoning, that we have a demand schedule for labour in industry as a whole relating the quantity of employment to different levels of wages. —  The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money: Project Gutenberg Australia
  • While I agree that "spimes" are directly relevant, what I found most important from his conception was the concept of "wrangling" - being actively and productively engaged and responsible in the development of spimed environments. —  UgoTrade
  • This conception is the basis of what we might called Western intellectual property and copyright law. —  The Play Ethic
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  1. Middle English concepcioun, from Old French conception, from Latin conceptiō, conceptiōn-, from conceptus; see concept.

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  1. from Middle English conceptioun, -cioun, -cion, from Old French conception, French conception = Spanish concepcion = Portuguese concepção = Italian concezione (also concepigione, concepizione), from Latin conceptio(n-), a comprehending, a collection, composition, an expression (Late Latin also syllable), also a becoming pregnant, from concipere, past participle conceptus, conceive: see conceive.
 

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/kənˈsɛpʃən/
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