abstract adjective
ab·stract
The adjective form of abstract is abstractable
A aDefinitions
- adjective abstract An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events. 3
- adjective abstract In grammar, an abstract noun refers to a quality or idea rather than to a physical object. 3
- adjective abstract Abstract art makes use of shapes and patterns rather than showing people or things. 3
- adjective abstract having no reference to material objects or specific examples; not concrete 3
- adjective abstract not applied or practical; theoretical 3
- adjective abstract hard to understand; recondite; abstruse 3
- adjective abstract denoting art characterized by geometric, formalized, or otherwise nonrepresentational qualities 3
- adjective abstract defined in terms of its formal properties 3
- adjective abstract (of an idea) functioning for some empiricists as the meaning of a general term 3
- adjective abstract thought of apart from any particular instances or material objects; not concrete 3
- adjective abstract expressing a quality thought of apart from any particular or material object 3
- adjective abstract not easy to understand because of being extremely complex, remote from concrete reality, etc.; abstruse 3
- adjective abstract theoretical; not practical or applied 3
- adjective abstract designating or of art abstracted from reality, in which designs or forms may be definite and geometric or fluid and amorphous 3
- adjective abstract thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea. 1
- adjective abstract expressing a quality or characteristic apart from any specific object or instance, as justice, poverty, and speed. 1
- adjective abstract theoretical; not applied or practical: abstract science. 1
- adjective abstract difficult to understand; abstruse: abstract speculations. 1
- adjective abstract Fine Arts. of or relating to the formal aspect of art, emphasizing lines, colors, generalized or geometrical forms, etc., especially with reference to their relationship to one another. (often initial capital letter) pertaining to the nonrepresentational art styles of the 20th century. 1
- adjective abstract not concrete 1
- adjective abstract theoretical, not practical 1
- adjective abstract art: non-representational 1
- adjective abstract not real 1
- adjective abstract undefined 1
- adjective abstract (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Derived; extracted. 0
- adjective abstract (now rare) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate. 0
- adjective abstract Expressing a property or attribute separately of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object. 0
- adjective abstract Considered apart from any application to a particular object; not concrete; ideal; non-specific; general, as opposed to specific. 0
- adjective abstract Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize. 0
- adjective abstract (archaic) Absent-minded. 0
- adjective abstract (art) Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them. 0
- adjective abstract Insufficiently factual. 0
- adjective abstract Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied. 0
- adjective abstract (grammar) As a noun, denoting an intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person. 0
- adjective abstract (computing) Of a class in object-oriented programming, being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects. 0