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单词 preconceptual
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preconceptualadj.

Brit. /ˌpriːkənˈsɛptʃʊəl/, /ˌpriːkənˈsɛptʃ(ᵿ)l/, /ˌpriːkənˈsɛptjʊəl/, /ˌpriːkənˈsɛptjᵿl/, U.S. /ˌprikənˈsɛp(t)ʃ(əw)əl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, conceptual adj.
Etymology: < pre- prefix + conceptual adj. In sense 2 formed independently, after conception n. 3.
1. Occurring or existing before development of the ability to conceptualize.
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the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > mind below consciousness > [adjective]
preconscious1847
preconceptual1889
1889 Mind 14 262 And, as in the infancy of the individual, so in the infancy of the race, the conceptual is preceded and introduced by a pre-conceptual stage.
1956 J. S. Bruner et al. Study of Thinking iii. 50 It is curiously difficult to recapture preconceptual innocence... It is as if the mastery of a conceptual distinction were able to mask the preconceptual memory of the things now distinguished.
1972 Times 11 Aug. 7/6 Because they are still at a pre-conceptual stage of development they are forced into highly opaque forms of expression.
2004 Church Times 16 Apr. 22/1 It was from him that Rahner got the idea of a pre-conceptual awareness of Being, and therefore, in Thomistic terms, of God.
2. Medicine. Occurring during the period of time before conception or intended conception.
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1930 P. A. Lewis in E. V. Cowdry Human Biol. & Racial Welfare xxi. 492 It would probably be impossible to frame an entirely adequate definition of inheritance in which these preconceptual influences are justly accounted for.
1963 J. R. Willson et al. Obstetr. & Gynecol. (ed. 2) xiii. 179 Patients who have aborted 3 or more times..may be benefitted by a course of preconceptual psychotherapy.
1997 Big Issue 9 June 39/2 (advt.) Special Interest: preconceptual and ante-natal treatments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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