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IMPERATIVE CONCEPTION

\ɪmpˈɛɹətˌɪv kənsˈɛpʃən], \ɪmpˈɛɹətˌɪv kənsˈɛpʃən], \ɪ_m_p_ˈɛ_ɹ_ə_t_ˌɪ_v k_ə_n_s_ˈɛ_p_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of IMPERATIVE CONCEPTION

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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In psychiatry, a general term for a class of ideas which may appear absurd or improper, but which can not be driven out, and may come into consciousness with compelling force; compulsive ideas. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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