abstractedness
English
editEtymology
editFrom abstracted + -ness.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈstɹæk.tɪd.nəs/
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɹæk.tɪd.nəs/, /əbˈstɹæk.tɪd.nəs/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
editabstractedness (uncountable)
- The state of being abstracted; abstract character. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
Translations
editstate of being abstracted
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References
edit- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstractedness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.