Basis and Conception

Basis

Basis noun - An immaterial thing upon which something else rests.

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Conception and basis are semantically related in fundamental principle topic. In some cases you can use "Conception" instead a noun "Basis".

Nearby Word: basic

Conception noun - An idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation.

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Basis and conception are semantically related in fundamental principle topic. Sometimes you can use "Basis" instead a noun "Conception".

Nearby Words: conceive, conceit, concept, conceptual

clear	clear basis	clear conception
similar	similar basis	similar conception
normal	normal basis	normal conception
usual	usual basis	usual conception
Other adjectives: common, original, initial, actual, entire, real, little, general, scientific, mythological.

Author Appeal: He is a fan of the mecha genre, which served as the basis for Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann's conception.

Source: Creator / Hiroyuki Imaishi
Is it really him, or just a Sufficiently Advanced Alien who happens to resemble our popular conception of the Devil and perhaps was even the basis for our and other Devil myths?

Source: Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Possible example: In Star Trek: The Animated Series, the crew meets an alien who looks like the devil, and other aliens claim that he did form the basis of humans' conception of the devil long ago, but what we see him do now is purely benevolent.

Source: Satan Is Good

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