Etymology

-ception

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-ception · suffix1

Back-formed from words such as nociception and proprioception.

-ception · suffix2

Rebracketing of inception coined with reference to the 2010 science fiction film of the same title, the plot of which involves a team of people infiltrating someone's subconscious mind, proceeding through several layers of dreams in the process.

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