abstract term
abstract term · abstract terms
A term expressing an abstract idea, such as beauty, whiteness, or roundness, without…A term expressing an abstract idea, such as beauty, whiteness, or roundness, without indicating any object in which it exists.
» Online racists are apt to describe their activity in the most abstract possible terms, hoping no one will look further into it.
Meaning
2 sensesA term expressing an abstract idea, such as beauty, whiteness, or roundness, without indicating any object in which it exists.
A name for an order, genera, or species of things in which there is a combination of similar qualities.
Examples
1 sentencesOnline racists are apt to describe their activity in the most abstract possible terms, hoping no one will look further into it.
Forms
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