inception

== English == === Etymology === Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin inceptiō, from inceptus, perfect passive participle of incipiō (“to begin”). The layering sense derives from the 2010 science fiction film Inception, in which a team of people infiltrate someone’s subconscious mind, proceeding through several layers of dreams with the goal of causing the target to incept an idea. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɛpʃən/ Rhymes: -ɛpʃən Hyphenation: in‧cep‧tion === Noun === inception (countable and uncountable, plural inceptions) The creation or beginning of something; the establishment. A layering, nesting, or recursion of something within itself. [from 2010s] ==== Coordinate terms ==== conception ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== incept inceptive inceptual incipient ==== Translations ==== === See also === from the get-go