Noun: ideation ,I-dee'ey-shun
- The process of forming and relating ideas
"The brainstorming session encouraged free ideation among team members"
- (mental health) thoughts or planning of a specific action, especially suicide
"The patient showed signs of suicidal ideation"
Derived forms: ideations
Type of: cerebration, intellection, mentation [technical], thinking, thought, thought process
Encyclopedia: Ideation