abstractness
nounUK /ˈæbstræktnəs/
US /ˈæbstræktnəs/
Abstractness is when something is an idea you cannot touch or see.
The abstractness of love makes it hard to draw a picture of it.
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2. The quality of a work of art that does not try to look like real things.
The abstractness of the painting made people guess what it showed.
3. The state of being hard to understand because it is not concrete.
The abstractness of the lecture confused the students.
4. The degree to which a word or idea refers to a general quality rather than a physical thing.
Linguists measure the abstractness of nouns like 'freedom' and 'justice'.