abstractness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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We all value precision in claims as compared to vagueness and concreteness as compared to abstractness.
From Salon • Jul. 11, 2023
It’s a philosophy and a thesis that still allows for a bit of abstractness and unpredictability.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2023
The intimate realism of “Clam and Mussel,” two nestling shells, contrasts with the spacious abstractness of “Pool in the Woods, Lake George,” an imagined bird’s-eye view of woods and hills with a blue-black center.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2017
This quality of purposeful abstractness makes everything sound and seem contrived.
From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2015
The errors, then, lie not in the abstractness or concreteness, not in geometry or physics, but in a calculator who does not know how to make a true accounting.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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