ideational
Relating to concepts
Ideational means relating to ideas or the formation of ideas.
The term appears in academic and professional contexts—psychology, design, philosophy—where the focus is on conceptual thinking rather than physical processes: The brainstorming session was purely ideational.
Ideational content refers to the substance of thought itself, distinct from emotion or sensation.
Mental knowledge acquisition
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
- thinkingMental reasoning process
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
understanding · awareness · comprehension · mental · consciousness · insight · intellect · intelligence
Of or relating to ideas
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- intangibleNot physically present
- notionalConceptual, not concrete
speculative · hypothetical · incorporeal · nonphysical · ethereal · platonic · esoteric · rarefied
Generating many ideas freely
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- innovationCreating something original
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
inspiration · originality · visionary · ingenuity · divergent · generative · conceptualizing · envisioning
Philosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
dualism · monism · transcendental · essentialism · rationalism · empiricism · dialectics · axiology
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
- thinkingMental reasoning process
perception · understanding · awareness · comprehension · mental · consciousness · insight · intellect · intelligence · discernment
conceptual
Of or relating to ideas
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- intangibleNot physically present
notional · speculative · hypothetical · incorporeal · nonphysical · ethereal · platonic · esoteric · rarefied · intellectual
brainstorming
Generating many ideas freely
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- innovationCreating something original
- creativityCapacity for original thought
inventiveness · inspiration · originality · visionary · ingenuity · divergent · generative · conceptualizing · envisioning · blue-sky
metaphysics
Philosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
existentialism · dualism · monism · transcendental · essentialism · rationalism · empiricism · dialectics · axiology · teleology
ideationalperceptual
Related to awareness through senses
sensory · perceptible · observable · experiential · empirical
ideationalconcrete
Solid building mixture
tangible · material · physical · substantial · palpable
ideationalpractical
Suited for real use
operational · applied · behavioral · pragmatic · procedural
- suicidal ideationThoughts of ending one's life