ideation (redirected from ideations)

i·de·ate  (d-t)

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.

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ide·ation n.

ide·ation·al adj.

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ideation

the process of forming ideas. — ideational, adj.

See also: Thinking

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ideation - the process of forming and relating ideas cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process, thought - the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

Translations

ideation

n → Ideenbildung f; (= imagination) → Vorstellungsvermögen nt