abstractness
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- noun
- /æbˈstræktnəs/
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abstracción
- Perhaps the main reason for this perception is the abstractness of mathematical concepts.
Examples
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Students who are building their understanding of symbols can rely on the support of the pictures to reduce the abstractness of the numerals alone.
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A common limitation of experimental market studies is the abstractness of the experimental setting.
Academic text (2000) -
But here, maybe it will work better for me, as you suggest, because of the abstractness issue.
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Another way to change instruction is the abstractness of the materials presented to or used by the student.
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Their abstractness and simplicity are alike evidence of long ages of intellectual evolution.
Academic text (1992) -
The abstractness of compliance and compressibility factors can be reduced through graphical illustrations that demonstrate their effects on pressure profiles.
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Both cognition and imaginative play are catapulted to a new level of abstractness when the child begins to encode experience as words.
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The abstractness of her ideas made it difficult for others to understand her vision.
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In art, the abstractness of the forms allows viewers to interpret the meaning in their own way.
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The abstractness of philosophical discussions often leaves students feeling confused and seeking clarity.
Synonyms
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Making a simple idea from many details to show what is common
How much something depends on ideas rather than on facts
Not having a physical body or material form
Antonyms
How Abstract
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Abstractness comes from the parts ab- 'away' and tract 'draw', the same root you see in tractor. So abstractness is the quality of being 'drawn away' from physical things, meaning something exists as an idea and is not 'concrete'.