English

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Etymology

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From abstract +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɹæk.nəs/, /æbˈstɹækt.nəs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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abstractness (countable and uncountable, plural abstractnesses)

  1. The quality of being abstract. [First attested in the late 16th century.][1]

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References

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  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstractness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.