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abstractness
ab·stract A0028800 (ăb-străkt′, ăb′străkt′)adj.1. Considered apart from concrete existence: an abstract concept.2. Not applied or practical; theoretical.3. Difficult to understand; abstruse: abstract philosophical problems.4. Denoting something that is immaterial, conceptual, or nonspecific, as an idea or quality: abstract words like truth and justice.5. Impersonal, as in attitude or views.6. Having an intellectual and affective artistic content that depends solely on intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial representation: abstract painting and sculpture.n. (ăb′străkt′)1. A statement summarizing the important points of a text.2. Something abstract.3. An abstract of title.tr.v. (ăb-străkt′) ab·stract·ed, ab·stract·ing, ab·stracts 1. a. To take away; remove: abstract the most important data from a set of records.b. To remove without permission; steal: a painting that was abstracted from the museum.2. To consider (an idea, for example) as separate from particular examples or objects: abstract a principle of arrangement from a series of items.3. (ăb′străkt′) To write a summary of; summarize: abstract a long article in a paragraph.4. To create artistic abstractions of (something else, such as a concrete object or another style): "The Bauhaus Functionalists were ... busy unornamenting and abstracting modern architecture, painting and design" (John Barth).Idiom: in the abstract In a way that is conceptual or theoretical, as opposed to actual or empirical.
[Middle English, from Latin abstractus, past participle of abstrahere, to draw away : abs-, ab-, away; see ab-1 + trahere, to draw.]
ab·stract′er n.ab·stract′ly adv.ab·stract′ness n.abstractness (ˈæbstræktnəs) nthe quality of being abstract as opposed to concreteThesaurus| Noun | 1. | abstractness - the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or objectincorporeality, immateriality - the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matterconcreteness - the quality of being concrete (not abstract) |
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Related to abstractness: arrivederciAntonyms for abstractnessnoun the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or objectRelated Words- incorporeality
- immateriality
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