abstractness
Lacking physical form
Abstractness is the quality of being abstract—dealing with ideas or concepts rather than concrete things.
A philosophy paper may be criticized for its abstractness, meaning it stays in the realm of theory without grounding in practical examples.
The abstractness of the discussion left everyone confused.
The word often carries a slight negative charge, suggesting something is harder to grasp than it needs to be.
Openness to multiple interpretations
- imprecisionLack of exactness
- nebulousnessQuality of being indistinct
- obscurityState of being unknown
- indistinctnessLack of clarity
indefiniteness · fuzziness · haziness · amorphousness · formlessness · intangibility · elusiveness · generality
Deriving principles from examples
- ideationForming mental concepts
- conceptualizationMental creation of ideas
- notionImprecise mental impression
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
principle · essence · thought · idea · cognition · intellectuality · perception · understanding
Philosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- idealismBelief in noble principles
realism · dualism · monism · existentialism · rationalism · empiricism · transcendentalism · Platonism
State of elaborate complexity
- subtletyFine distinction, easily missed
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- depthDistance below surface
convolution · density · esotericism · obscurity · elaboration · multidimensionality · layering · profundity
ambiguity
Openness to multiple interpretations
- imprecisionLack of exactness
- nebulousnessQuality of being indistinct
- obscurityState of being unknown
indistinctness · indefiniteness · fuzziness · haziness · amorphousness · formlessness · intangibility · elusiveness · generality · cloudiness
generalization
Deriving principles from examples
- ideationForming mental concepts
- conceptualizationMental creation of ideas
- notionImprecise mental impression
theory · principle · essence · thought · idea · cognition · intellectuality · perception · understanding · insight
metaphysics
Philosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
idealism · realism · dualism · monism · existentialism · rationalism · empiricism · transcendentalism · Platonism · essentialism
intricacy
State of elaborate complexity
- subtletyFine distinction, easily missed
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
depth · convolution · density · esotericism · obscurity · elaboration · multidimensionality · layering · profundity · complication
- semanticsmeaning, denotation, sense, connotation, reference
- idealismplatonic ideals, Platonic ideals, neoplatonism, Platonism, ideals
abstractnessconcreteness
Quality of being solid
tangibility · materiality · physicality · corporeality · substantiality
abstractnessconcreteness
Quality of being solid
specificity · particularity · definiteness · exactness · precision
abstract, abstraction, abstracted, abstracting, abstractly, abstractedly, abstractions, abstractionist