-ception

Neural reception.

Suffix morpheme

  1. Neural reception.

Origin

Back-formed from words such as nociception and proprioception.

Suffix morpheme, slang

  1. Combined with a noun to indicate a layering, nesting, or recursion of the referent.
    • Adapted from David Mitchell's novel of the same name, Cloud Atlas is a story-ception; a post apocalyptic campfire story about a guy watching a movie in which someone reads a novel whose main character follows a series...
    • Playception: Each actor must portray a character playing another character. - 2012, Maura Breen, "Latest play presents challenge for actors", Tan & Cardinal (Otterbein University), Volume 94, Issue 5, 26 September 2012,...
    • Seen any horrendous foodceptions you just can't wrap your head around (like pasta burritos)? - 2013 November, Kelly Herman, “Foodception: A Review”, in Campus Talk, published 2013, page 9:

Origin

Rebracketing of inception coined with reference to the 2010 science fiction film of the same title, the plot of which involves a team of people infiltrating someone's subconscious mind, proceeding through several layers of dreams in the process.