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Abstract   /æbstrˈækt/  /ˈæbstrˌækt/   Listen
Abstract

adjective
1.
Existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment.  Antonym: concrete.
2.
Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature.  Synonyms: abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective.
3.
Dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention.  "Abstract science"
noun
1.
A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance.  Synonym: abstraction.
2.
A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.  Synonyms: outline, precis, synopsis.
verb
(past & past part. abstracted; pres. part. abstracting)
1.
Consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically.
2.
Make off with belongings of others.  Synonyms: cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe.
3.
Consider apart from a particular case or instance.
4.
Give an abstract (of).



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"Abstract" Quotes from Famous Books



... supply themselves from abroad? The wants of the people ought not to be considered, but an art monopoly, a pulpit monopoly, a monopoly of any kind should be protected." In a style of satirical reasoning, of which the foregoing is an abstract, conviction was brought to the mind of the painter. Changing his tone to one of serious advice, the clergyman counselled him to go to work, to let competition become an incentive to action, instead of paralysing his energy. He then told him how the advent ...
— Free Ships: The Restoration of the American Carrying Trade • John Codman
... RACE. PAGE Natural religions the unaided attempts of man to find out God, modified by peculiarities of race and nation.—The peculiarities of the red race: 1. Its languages unfriendly to abstract ideas. Native modes of writing by means of pictures, symbols, objects, and phonetic signs. These various methods compared in their influence on the intellectual faculties. 2. Its isolation, unique in the history of the world. ...
— The Myths of the New World - A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America • Daniel G. Brinton
... think that it is possible to conduct a victorious campaign with the single watchword 'Down with Socialism.' Well, I am not fond of mere negatives. I do not like fighting an abstract noun. My objection to Anti-Socialism as a platform is that Socialism means so many different things. On this point I agree with Mr. Asquith. I will wait before I denounce Socialism till I see what form it takes... Socialism is not necessarily synonymous with robbery. ...
— New Worlds For Old - A Plain Account of Modern Socialism • Herbert George Wells
... was working hard, with clean ambitions, yet he was hungry. He could not understand it. No doubt an empty stomach inclines a man to much logic and the splitting of straws. There comes with an empty stomach less of grossness and more of abstract reason, and an exaltation which may be all impractical, but ...
— A Man and a Woman • Stanley Waterloo
... of sulky grunt was Lockwood's acknowledgment of this piece of abstract wisdom—a sort of knowledge he never listened to with ...
— Lord Kilgobbin • Charles Lever


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