abstractness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The poster’s striking abstractness is akin to Marmatakis’ earlier one-sheets for Lanthimos, which obliquely hint at his movies’ thorny thematic elements without spelling out the plot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
We all value precision in claims as compared to vagueness and concreteness as compared to abstractness.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2023
This quality of purposeful abstractness makes everything sound and seem contrived.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2015
Both are flooded with dense, elegant scribbled marks that are striking for their abstractness and exuberant confidence and for how potently they encapsulate Twombly’s future as an artist.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2011
As if a peculiar and malign abstractness pervaded their mental processes.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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