ideation

English

Etymology

From ideate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ideation (countable and uncountable, plural ideations)

1. The conceptualization of a mental image.

   suicidal ideation

   • 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.

2. (often business) The synthesis of ideas.

Derived terms

• suicidal ideation

Translations

synthesis of ideas

• French: idéation (fr) f
• Italian: ideazione (it) f
• Russian: мышле́ние (ru) n (myšlénije)

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