Examples of using "понятием" in a sentence and their english translations:
To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he always had enough to eat.
For him, hunger was an abstract concept. He had always had enough food.
To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he always had enough to eat.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."