ideation

ideation

English

Etymology

From ideate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ideation (countable and uncountable, plural ideations)

1. The conceptualization of a mental image.

   suicidal ideation

   • 2012, Jerf, comment on Hacker News:

     Natural language is fuzzy mostly because human ideation is fuzzy.

2. (often business) The synthesis of ideas.

Translations

synthesis of ideas

French: idéation (fr) f Italian: ideazione (it) f

Russian: мышле́ние (ru) n (myšlénije)

Further reading

• ideation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ideation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• inodiate, iodinate, taenioid