conceptualizeverb [ I or T ]
formal UK usually conceptualise uk/kənˈsep.tʃu.ə.laɪz/us/kənˈsep.tʃu.ə.laɪz/to form an idea or principle in your mind:
He argued that morality could be conceptualized (= thought about) as a series of principles based on human reason.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Imagining and conceiving
- a reach of the imagination idiom
- assume
- blue-sky
- conceivable
- conceive
- dream
- feel
- fertile
- fertility
- foundation
- I take it idiom
- mind
- picture
- presumption
- put
- put yourself in sb's place/position/shoes idiom
- reckon
- riot
- run riot idiom
- suspicion
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conceptualization
noun [ C or U ] /kənˌsep.tʃu.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən//kənˌsep.tʃuəl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Doctors must have a broad conceptualization of end-of-life care and the legal issues that support it.