Assumption and Conception

Assumption

Assumption noun - Something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning.

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Conception and assumption are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Conception" instead a noun "Assumption".

Nearby Words: assume, assumed, assumptive

Conception noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.

Usage example: our changing conceptions of what constitutes art

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Assumption and conception are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Assumption" instead a noun "Conception".

Nearby Words: conceive, conceit, concept, conceptual

similar	similar assumption	similar conception
usual	usual assumption	usual conception
common	common assumption	common conception
natural	natural assumption	natural conception
Other adjectives: original, initial, likely, difficult, popular, bad, false, easy, general, implied, odd, basic, underlying.

Examples include immaculate conception (not to be confused with the virgin birth), the bodily assumption of Mary, and transubstantiation.

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