CONCEPTUALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conceptualization mean? 

• CONCEPTUALIZATION (noun)
  The noun CONCEPTUALIZATION has 2 senses:

1. inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally

2. an elaborated concept

  Familiarity information: CONCEPTUALIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCEPTUALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conceptualisation; conceptualization; formulation

Hypernyms ("conceptualization" is a kind of...):

creating by mental acts (the act of creating something by thinking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conceptualization"):

approach; attack; plan of attack (ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation)

framing (formulation of the plans and important details)

Derivation:

conceptualize (have the idea for)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An elaborated concept

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

conceptualisation; conceptuality; conceptualization

Hypernyms ("conceptualization" is a kind of...):

concept; conception; construct (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conceptualization"):

perception (a way of conceiving something)

Derivation:

conceptualize (have the idea for)