abstractive
[ab-strak-tiv]
- having the power of abstracting.
- pertaining to an abstract or summary.
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Origin of abstractive
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A polarity is maintained throughout: the abstractive and the concretional.
The Mystery of SpaceRobert T. Browne
There are classes of these abstractive elements which are of great importance.
The Concept of NatureAlfred North Whitehead
Let σ be the name of any condition which some abstractive sets fulfil.
The Concept of NatureAlfred North Whitehead
I will call such a set of durations an ‘abstractive set’ of durations.
The Concept of NatureAlfred North Whitehead
Accordingly an event-particle could cover no other abstractive element.
The Concept of NatureAlfred North Whitehead