Synonyms: abstract, abstraction
Definition: a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
Usage: he loved her only in the abstract--not in person
Similar words: concept, conception, construct
Definition: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Synonyms: outline, synopsis, abstract, precis
Definition: a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
Similar words: sum-up, summary
Definition: a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
Usage: he gave a summary of the conclusions
Synonyms: abstract
Definition: consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
Similar words: reckon, regard, consider, view, see
Definition: deem to be
Usage: She views this quite differently from me; I consider her to be shallow; I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do
Synonyms: abstract
Definition: consider apart from a particular case or instance
Usage: Let's abstract away from this particular example
Similar words: take, look at, consider, deal
Definition: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
Usage: Take the case of China; Consider the following case
Synonyms: abstract
Definition: give an abstract (of)
Similar words: sum up, summarise, summarize, resume
Definition: give a summary (of)
Usage: he summed up his results; I will now summarize
Synonyms: abstract, filch, hook, snarf, sneak, nobble, swipe, cabbage, pilfer, pinch, purloin, lift
Definition: make off with belongings of others
Similar words: steal
Definition: take without the owner's consent
Usage: Someone stole my wallet on the train; This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation
Synonyms: abstract
Definition: existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
Usage: abstract words like `truth' and `justice'
Similar words: notional, ideational, conceptional
Definition: being of the nature of a notion or concept
Usage: a plan abstract and conceptional; to improve notional comprehension; a notional response to the question
Similar words: conceptual
Definition: being or characterized by concepts or their formation
Usage: conceptual discussions; the schizophrenic loses ability to abstract or do conceptual thinking; sex is a notional category, gender is a grammatical category
Similar words: ideal
Definition: constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception
Usage: a poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content
Similar words: ideologic, ideological
Definition: concerned with or suggestive of ideas
Usage: ideological application of a theory; the drama's symbolism was very ideological
Synonyms: abstract
Definition: dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
Usage: abstract reasoning; abstract science
Similar words: theoretical
Definition: concerned with theories rather than their practical applications
Usage: theoretical physics
Synonyms: nonfigurative, nonobjective, abstract, abstractionist
Definition: not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
Usage: a large abstract painting
Similar words: nonrepresentational
Definition: of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature