Etymology

conceptionism

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Today it means: The belief that the extension of a concept or term is determined by some aspect of the speaker's conception of its extension. Full definition →

English conception ← Middle English concepcioun ← Old French conception
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  8. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  9. Latincapiō
  10. Ancient Greekσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)
  11. Latinconcipiō
  12. Latinconceptiō
  13. Old Frenchconception
  14. Middle Englishconcepcioun
  15. Englishconception
  16. English todayconceptionism

From conception + -ism. In the philosophical sense, introduced by Ruth Millikan.

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