The phrase "conceptual construct" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase is usually used to refer to a generalized idea or concept that exists in theory but may be difficult to quantify or measure, and is often used in philosophical writing. For example: "The concept of truth is a complex conceptual construct that has fascinated philosophers for centuries."
Europe existed as a conceptual construct long before geographers began arguing whether there are seven continents or six (the latter model considers Europe and Asia to be a single continent).
As a conceptual construct, Europa, as the more learned of the ancient Greeks first conceived it, stood in sharp contrast to both Asia and Libya, the name then applied to the known northern part of Africa.
Rainfall, commonly considered one of the most important drivers in hydrological processes, is found not to be very sensitive in the models' flow predictions, and this may be attributable to the conceptual construct of the models and/or the humid nature of the study area.
But the adoption and adaptation of the model has also transformed this conceptual construct into an international norm.
Everything that does not have such a causal basis is unreal, and if anything, it is merely a conceptual construct, a mere convention (prajñapti).
And, given that the world is in causal flux and does not accord with any conceptual construct, every duality imposes a false construct upon the world.
Task complexity is one of the conceptual constructs that are critical to explain and predict human performance in human integrated systems.
This connection is manifest in Putnam's conception of meaning, first proposed in his classic paper "The Meaning of 'Meaning' " (1975), which construes meanings not as purely mental entities (e.g., mental images) or as purely conceptual constructs but as being anchored in external reality.
Research in the field of modeling ETL processes can be categorized into three main approaches: Modeling based on mapping expressions and guidelines, modeling based on conceptual constructs, and modeling based on UML environment.
In a characteristic move, Ayer now contended that sense-data should be understood not as part of the furniture of the world but as conceptual constructs, or logical fictions, that allow one to distinguish between sensory experience and matter and between appearance and reality.
There cannot be different types of nonconceptuality; freedom from conceptual constructs is freedom from conceptual constructs.
