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i⋅de⋅a⋅tion
[ahy-dee-ey-shuh
n] 
–noun
| the process of forming ideas or images. |
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| i·de·ate (ī'dē-āt') v. i·de·at·ed, i·de·at·ing, i·de·ates v. tr. To form an idea of; imagine or conceive: "Such characters represent a grotesquely blown-up aspect of an ideal man . . . if not realizable, capable of being ideated" (Anthony Burgess). v. intr. To conceive mental images; think. i'de·a'tion n., i'de·a'tion·al adj. |
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Ideation
I`de*a"tion\, n. The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought. The whole mass of residua which have been accumulated . . . all enter now into the process of ideation. --J. D. Morell.
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Main Entry: ide·a·tion
Pronunciation: "Id-E-'A-sh&n
Function: noun
: the capacity for or the act of forming or entertaining ideas
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ideation i·de·a·tion (ī'dē-ā'shən)
n.
The formation of ideas or mental images.
i'de·ate' v.
i'de·a'tion·al adj.
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