Conception, or a concept, is an abstract idea or a mental symbol.
Conception may also refer to:
- Conception, or fertilisation, the fusion of gametes to produce a new organism.
- Conception (album), an album by Miles Davis
- "Conception" (George Shearing song)
- Conception (band), a Norwegian band
- Conception (film), a 2012 movie.
- Conception, Missouri, United States
- Conception: Ore no Kodomo wo Undekure!, a Japanese RPG for the PSP.
Famous quotes containing the word conception:
“Through art we express our conception of what nature is not.”
—Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
“It is possible—indeed possible even according to the old conception of logic—to give in advance a description of all ‘true’ logical propositions. Hence there can never be surprises in logic.”
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)
“It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)