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单词 abstract-concrete
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abstract-concreteadj.

Brit. /ˈabstraktˌkɒŋkriːt/, U.S. /ˌæbˌstræk(t)ˌkɑnˈkrit/, /ˌæbˌstræk(t)ˌkɑŋˈkrit/
Forms: 1800s– abstract-concrete, 1900s– abstract/concrete.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: abstract adj., concrete adj.
Etymology: < abstract adj. + concrete adj.
1. Of or relating to both the abstract and the concrete; having both abstract and concrete characteristics.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > concrete > concerned with concrete and abstract concepts
abstract-concrete1864
1864 H. Spencer Classif. Sci. 8 That the momentum of a body causes it to move in a straight line at a uniform velocity, is an abstract-concrete truth—a truth abstracted from certain experiences of concrete phenomena.
1874 J. Fiske Outl. Cosmic Philos. I. i. viii. 215 Molar physics, molecular physics, and chemistry, dealing with abstract laws of motion and force that are gained from experience of concrete phenomena, and appealing at every step to the concrete processes of observation and experiment, may be distinguished as abstract-concrete sciences.
1900 Mind 9 496 A concrete science like Biology as opposed to an abstract-concrete science like Biological Chemistry.
1993 Jrnl. Managem. Information Syst. 9 185 Two personality measures, tolerance of ambiguity and preference for abstract/concrete thinking.
2. Fine Art. Designating a form of abstract art which uses only colour and geometric shapes.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > others
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1955 Burlington Mag. June 180/1 Others..came to rest in abstraction, or better in the formula—a very felicitous one—which it is now customary to describe in Italy as ‘abstract-concrete’.
1962 Art Internat. Feb. 80/2 Denise Rene: abstract-concrete art.
1985 R. Breer in S. MacDonald Crit. Cinema 2 18 I went to Paris in 1949. I started abstract concrete painting in 1950, about six months after I arrived.
1999 P. Curtis Sculpture 1900–1945 iv. 134 Abstract-Concrete Art was only really integrated into the French art establishment with the post-war promotion..of the ‘Salon des Réalités Nouvelles’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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