concept (noun)
101conceptual art — noun Usage: sometimes capitalized C : an art form in which the artist s intent is to convey a concept rather than to create an art object • conceptual artist noun * * * conˌceptual ˈart 7 [conceptual art] noun …
102neo-dada — ˌ noun Usage: usually capitalized D Etymology: ne + Dada : an anti art movement especially of the late 1950s and the 1960s based on tenets similar to those of Dada but having more interest in the object than Dada claimed to have ; broadly : junk… …
103conceptual art — noun Usage: often capitalized C Date: circa 1969 an art form in which the artist s intent is to convey a concept rather than to create an art object • conceptual artist noun, often capitalized C …
104nominalism — noun Date: 1844 1. a theory that there are no universal essences in reality and that the mind can frame no single concept or image corresponding to any universal or general term 2. the theory that only individuals and no abstract entities (as… …
105pluralism — noun Date: 1818 1. the holding of two or more offices or positions (as benefices) at the same time 2. the quality or state of being plural 3. a. a theory that there are more than one or more than two kinds of ultimate reality b. a theory that… …
106synonym — noun Etymology: Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synonymum, from Greek synōnymon, from neuter of synōnymos synonymous, from syn + onyma name more at name Date: 15th century 1. one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that… …
107election — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clean (esp. AmE), fair, free, open ▪ fraudulent, rigged, stolen ▪ close …
108impulse — noun 1 sudden strong wish ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ irresistible ▪ first, initial, original ▪ My first impulse was to run away …
109nature — noun 1 the physical world; plants, animals, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ Mother ▪ Mother Nature s way of dealing with overpopulation VERB + NATURE ▪ commune with ▪ He believed in spending half an hour each day to relax and commune with …
110sign — noun 1》 an object, quality, or event whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence, occurrence, or advent of something else. ↘Medicine an indication of a disease detectable by a medical practitioner even if not apparent to the… …
