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Webster 1913 Edition


Abstractness

Ab′stractˊness

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Noun.
The quality of being abstract.
“The abstractness of the ideas.”
Locke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abstractness

AB'STRACTNESS

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Noun.
A separate state; a state of being in contemplation only, or not connected with any object.

Definition 2024


abstractness

abstractness

English

Noun

abstractness (plural abstractnesses)

  1. The quality of being abstract. [First attested in the late 16th century.][1]
    • (Can we date this quote?), John Locke, (Please provide the title of the work):
      The abstractness of the ideas.

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  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 10