Meanings
adjectivenonconceptual (not comparable)
- not comparableNot of a conceptual nature
This does not rule out the possibility that these capacities are ultimately nonconceptual, but it nevertheless provides strong reasons for supposing that they are not.
2008 January 8, John E. Sarnecki, “Sortals for Dummies”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Italic*kapjō
- Latincapiō
- Ancient Greekσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)
- Latinconcipiō
- Latinconceptus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Medieval Latinconceptuālis
- Englishconceptual
- Englishnonconceptual
From non- + conceptual.
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APA
nonconceptual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconceptual
MLA
“nonconceptual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconceptual. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonconceptual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconceptual.
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