Abstractive Definition

abstraktiv
adjective
That abstracts or can abstract.
Webster's New World
Of or having to do with abstraction.
Webster's New World
Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
Wiktionary
Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
Wiktionary

Origin of Abstractive

  • From Medieval Latin abstractivus, from Latin abstractus (“drawn away”) + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abstract +‎ -ive.

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