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ideation

/ˌaɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/

ideation noun: the conceptualization of a mental image.

Noun

ideation (countable and uncountable, plural ideations)

  1. The conceptualization of a mental image.
    • suicidal ideation
    • Natural language is fuzzy mostly because human ideation is fuzzy.2012, Jerf, comment on Hacker News
  2. (often) The synthesis of ideas.

ideation meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

ideation in Tamil

உளக்கற்பனை, பொருள் உரு கற்பனை, வியத்தகு பொருள் கற்பனை

ideation in Urdu

تصور سازی

ideation in Bengali

ধারণা গঠনের প্রক্রিয়া

Forms of ideation

pluralideations

Plural of ideation: ideations

Origin of ideation

From ideate + -ion.

Words formed from ideation

Words that rhyme with ideation

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Questions about ideation

What does ideation mean?
Ideation means the conceptualization of a mental image.
What is ideation in Tamil?
Ideation in Tamil is உளக்கற்பனை, பொருள் உரு கற்பனை, வியத்தகு பொருள் கற்பனை. See Ideation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ideation?
Ideation is a noun.
How do you pronounce ideation?
Ideation is pronounced /ˌaɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/.
What is the plural of ideation?
The plural of ideation is ideations.

Words near ideation in the dictionary

  1. ideates
  2. ideathon
  3. ideathons
  4. ideatic
  5. ideating
  6. ideation
  7. ideational
  8. ideationally
  9. ideations
  10. ideative
  11. ideator

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ideation (page history and authors); ideation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ideation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ideation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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