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?

  • JackDark@lemmy.world
    18·
    11 months ago

    The comments about planting ideas in someone’s mind are correct to the plot of the movie, but most of the time I have seen Inception referenced in popular culture it has been to simply say “something inside of that same thing”. It’s like the Xhibit (no idea how the rapper actually spells his name, but I think that’s right) meme: “Yo dawg, I heard you like _____ so I put _____ in your _____ so you can _____ while you _____.”

    This is because in the movie, they travel into dreams within dreams.

    • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      For you or anyone that’s curious, it’s Xzibit (a bit more phonetic than your guess which was probably close enough that anyone who knows, knows who/what you meant)

    • jrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.socialEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      I think you’ve got it. The “Inception” in the title is the idea-implanted but the major plot device is a dream-within-a-dream-within-a-dream…