English Explanatory Dictionary

abstractive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
  2. Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.

Pronunciation

/əbˈstɹæk.tɪv/ /æbˈstɹæk.tɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-abstractive.wav

Word forms

abstractive more abstractive most abstractive

Etymology

From Middle English abstractif, from Medieval Latin abstractivus, from Latin abstractus (“drawn away”) + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abstract + -ive.

Derived words

abstractively abstractiveness abstractivity non-abstractive nonabstractive
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