abstractive
Meaning
- Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
- Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/əbˈstɹæk.tɪv/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English abstractif, from Medieval Latin abstractivus, from Latin abstractus (“drawn away”) + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abstract + -ive.
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