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The movie "Inception," I've never seen it but it comes up in a lot of pop culture references. If you've seen the movie, What is their definition of the word "Inception?" (lemmy.world)

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Based on why I've heard it seems they use the word to be a synonym of the word "paradox" (?)

But according to the dictionary, inception means commencement or beginning or initiation.

What is their definition of the word "Inception" in the movie?

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[–] NAXLAB@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Not seeing a straightforward and true answer here so:

In the movie, they go into deeper and deeper layers of dreams within dreams. So the term "inception" came to mean things inside other things. Like if there was a lake on island on a lake, which in turn was on an island on yet another lake, you could call it lake-ception.