abstract
Adjective
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also:
- nonrepresentational - of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature
- impalpable, intangible - incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch
tells us about: abstractness - the quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or objectsimilar to:- conceptional, ideational, notional - being of the nature of a notion or concept
- conceptual - being or characterized by concepts or their formation
- ideal - constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception
- ideologic, ideological - concerned with or suggestive of ideas
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similar to: nonrepresentational - of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature
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similar to: theoretical - concerned with theories rather than their practical applications
Noun
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is a type of: concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instancessubtypes:
- right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
- absolute - something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative
- teacher - a personified abstraction that teaches
- thing - a special abstraction
same as: abstraction -
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