EXCOGITATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does excogitation mean? 

• EXCOGITATION (noun)
  The noun EXCOGITATION has 2 senses:

1. thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it

2. the creation of something in the mind

  Familiarity information: EXCOGITATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXCOGITATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("excogitation" is a kind of...):

cerebration; intellection; mentation; thinking; thought; thought process (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)

Derivation:

excogitate (come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The creation of something in the mind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

conception; design; excogitation; innovation; invention

Hypernyms ("excogitation" is a kind of...):

creative thinking; creativeness; creativity (the ability to create)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "excogitation"):

concoction (the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose)

contrivance (the faculty of contriving; inventive skill)

Derivation:

excogitate (come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort)