abstractive

[ ab-strak-tiv ]

adjective

1. having the power of abstracting.
2. pertaining to an abstract or summary.

Other Words From

• ab·stractive·ly adverb
• ab·stractive·ness noun
• unab·stractive adjective
• unab·stractive·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of abstractive¹

From the Medieval Latin word abstractīvus, dating back to 1480–90. See abstract, -ive

Example Sentences

The book contains an intellectualist, static, determinist, abstractive trend.

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A polarity is maintained throughout: the abstractive and the concretional.

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According to my own theory it only differentiates itself from time at a somewhat developed stage of the abstractive process.

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Thus an abstractive set is effectively the entity meant when we consider an instant of time without temporal extension.

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In other words there are different abstractive sets which are to be regarded as routes of approximation to the same moment.

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