ALL meanings of over-abstract
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O o - adjective over-abstract thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea. 1
- adjective over-abstract expressing a quality or characteristic apart from any specific object or instance, as justice, poverty, and speed. 1
- adjective over-abstract theoretical; not applied or practical: abstract science. 1
- adjective over-abstract difficult to understand; abstruse: abstract speculations. 1
- adjective over-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
- noun over-abstract a summary of a text, scientific article, document, speech, etc.; epitome. 1
- noun over-abstract something that concentrates in itself the essential qualities of anything more extensive or more general, or of several things; essence. 1
- noun over-abstract an idea or term considered apart from some material basis or object. 1
- noun over-abstract an abstract work of art. 1
- verb with object over-abstract to draw or take away; remove. 1
- verb with object over-abstract to divert or draw away the attention of. 1
- verb with object over-abstract to steal. 1
- verb with object over-abstract to consider as a general quality or characteristic apart from specific objects or instances: to abstract the notions of time, space, and matter. 1
- verb with object over-abstract to make an abstract of; summarize. 1
- idioms over-abstract abstract away from, to omit from consideration. 1
- idioms over-abstract in the abstract, without reference to a specific object or instance; in theory: beauty in the abstract. 1