ideation

== English == === Etymology === From ideate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌaɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === ideation (countable and uncountable, plural ideations) The conceptualization of a mental image. 2012, Jerf, comment on Hacker News: Natural language is fuzzy mostly because human ideation is fuzzy. May 30, 2023, Judge Robert L. Hinkle, Doe v. ladapo, Case No. 4:23cv114-RH-MAF, Federal District Court, Northern District of Florida: And there are risks [to transgender children] to not using these [hormone therapy] treatments, including the risk - in some cases, the near certainty - of anxiety and depression and even suicidal ideation. (often business) The synthesis of ideas. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “ideation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ideation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === inodiate, iodinate, taenioid