Inception

Layered dream thriller

Inception is the beginning or starting point of something, especially an institution, organization, or undertaking: The program has been successful since its inception.

The word carries a formal or official tone, typically marking when something was established rather than when it merely began: From its inception, the company focused on innovation.

beginning

origin

Starting point or source

launch · initiation · founding · birth · dawn · emergence · outset · creation · establishment · inauguration

film

Nolan

Irish-origin given name

  • dreamSleeping mind's narrative
  • layersStacked levels or coatings
  • limboState of uncertain waiting

totem · spinning top · DiCaprio · heist · subconscious · extraction · implantation · kick · architect · projections

idea

planting

Placing seeds in earth

instilling · embedding · introducing · originating · sparking · inspiring · germinating · conceiving · formulating · proposing

Categories
Opposites
temporal position in a process

Inceptionconclusion

End or deduction

end · termination · ending · finish · completion

existence and continuation

Inceptiondeath

Cessation of life

demise · extinction · dissolution · abolition · annihilation

developmental stage

Inceptioncompletion

Act of finishing

fruition · consummation · culmination · maturity · fulfillment

Family

inceptive, inceptions

Familiarity
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