microconcept

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noun

A small or simple concept.

OriginEnglish concept ← Middle French concept ← Latin conceptus →
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Meanings

nounmicroconcept (plural microconcepts)

plural microconcepts

  1. A small or simple concept.

    “Diller has been fairly clear with his Johnny Appleseed strategy, where he’s putting a whole lot of microconcepts into the market so you don’t have to have a billion dollars invested in one idea or one company.”

    2008 April 14, Bob Tedeschi, “Beaming Online Services Toward Blacks”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Latinconceptus
  6. Middle Frenchconcept
  7. Englishconcept
  8. Englishmicroconcept

From micro- + concept.

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Cite this entry
APA

microconcept. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microconcept

MLA

“microconcept.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microconcept. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microconcept,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microconcept.

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