Skip to content
Vinony

abstractness

noun

  1. property of dealing in generality or ideal representations, not being concrete with regard to instances of a phenomenon being discussed
L315964 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /æbˈstɹæk.nəs/ / /æbˈstɹækt.nəs/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin abstrahō Latin abstractusbor. Middle English abstract English abstract Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English abstractness From abstract + -ness.

  1. The quality of being abstract.

    “The abstractness of the ideas.”