conceptual

1. 1

   Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

   • The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.
2. 2

   Existing only in the imagination.

   • We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.
3. 3

   Of or relating to conceptualism.

syn. conceptualistic