ideation

noun
/ˌaɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From ideate + -ion.

  1. derived from ideatum
  2. suffixed as ideation — “ideate + ion

Definitions

  1. The conceptualization of a mental image.

    • suicidal ideation
    • Natural language is fuzzy mostly because human ideation is fuzzy.
    • 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.
  2. The synthesis of ideas.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ideation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA