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abstractiveness

n.
C1 Advanced ab·strac·tive·ness

n. the quality of being difficult to understand or too general to be useful. It describes ideas or writing that is far removed from real life.

n. the quality of being abstract or removed from concrete reality. Often used to describe theoretical concepts that lack practical application or clarity.


SIMPLE

The professor criticized the paper for its high level of abstractiveness.

CONTEXTUAL

The committee rejected the proposal because the author's abstractiveness made it impossible to identify a clear plan for implementation.

COMPLEX

While the theory is mathematically sound, its extreme abstractiveness prevents it from being applied to real-world engineering problems where physical constraints are paramount.

Origin

From abstractive + -ness.

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