abstractednessn.

Brit.

/əbˈstraktᵻdnᵻs/, U.S.

/əbˈstræktədnəs/,

/æbˈstræktədnəs/

Forms: see abstracted adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abstracted adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < abstracted adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier abstractness n.

1. Separation; apartness, isolation. Chiefly with from. Cf. abstracted adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > quality or condition of being separate

separateness1635

abstractedness1647

separation1650

asunderness1843

separativeness1901

1647 R. Corbet Articles Impeachm. 2 Neither [princes or their subjects] do rightly consider themselves in their noblest condition of relation to the whole, but in the abstractednesse of their inferiour and personal beings.

1686 J. Norris Let. in Theory & Regulation Love (1688) 206 You make the Abstractedness of this pleasure from the natural end of it, that of propagation, to be its Essential Turpitude.

1833 J. Grant Course of Serm. for Year I. xxxiv. 480 Who can comprehend his distinct personality, combined with his diffused omnipresence..—his abstractedness from matter, yet his support of every atom of it?

1866 A. Wilcockson Zion's Witness Apr. 153 They seem to live, walk, and act as being in abstractedness from the Head, as if there was not union between Head and members.

1889 I. Schwab Sabbath in Hist. II. 305 A system like Philo's, in which God's rigid abstractedness from the material world was taught with such emphatic assertion, and the great-power, Logos, devised to be the active link between God and man.

1969 Harper's Mag. Oct. 56 The institutional apparatus we have constructed to deal with the problem of social inequities in this country are finally the index of our social abstractedness—and not only our abstractedness from one another but from the environment as a whole.

2008 R. C. Sibley Northern Spirits xi. 126 The modern lowering of standards of justice to the convenience of the social contract was the result of man's abstractedness from nature and his acceptance of historical and moral relativism.

2. A state of seclusion or withdrawal from worldly or sensual things; contemplation of or concentration on the spiritual. Frequently with from. Now rare and chiefly historical. Cf. abstraction n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun]

privity?c1225

reclusionc1430

abstractionc1450

recess?1532

privacy1534

solitariousness1545

retirea1554

secess1570

privatenessa1586

retirednessa1586

retirement1603

secrecy1607

closeness1612

shadow1612

privatea1616

recluseness1648

abstractednessa1653

recluse1665

abscondence1694

seclusion1785

seclusiveness1822

retiracy1824

secludedness1835

retraite1843

a1653 H. Binning Sinners Sanctuary (1670) xvi. 120 There is nothing..seems harder in Religion, then such a victory over the flesh, such an abstractedness from sensual and earthly things.

1699 J. Mackqueen Divine & Moral Ess. on Christian Pilgrim's Conduct 41 By his sedate Behaviour among them, or abstractedness from their Affairs, he avoids giving or receiving Offence upon every sudden caprice, tempting oportunity, or trifling Emergent.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 16 The greatest part of her time is spent in retirement, in order to give herself up to devotion with the greater abstractedness.

1790 D. Turner Expos. v. 224 No pretence of abstractedness from the world, will justify indolence, in trying to procure by labour and honest means, the necessaries of life; which our Father in Heaven knows we need.

1833 Calcutta Christian Observer Dec. 594 We cease to wonder at his holy energy, his undaunted courage, and his uncommon abstractedness from the things of earth.

1899 R. Roberts Law of Moses xxiv. 213 The men who in the sublimity of a divine abstractedness think it meritorious to forget or despise man.

1996 B. Jenkins Henry Goulburn vii. 201 Their [sc. the priests'] claims to ‘abstractedness’ from worldly concerns.

a. The quality of existing or being presented in abstract form, rather than with reference to concrete details or particular instances. Cf. abstractness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [noun] > abstractness

abstractness1598

abstractedness1665

1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 63 in Scepsis Scientifica It was not only the abstractedness of the matter, that rendred Aristotle's Physiology so difficult of comprehension.

1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. i. 63 Demonstrations may be difficult to be comprehended, because of the abstractedness of the subject.

1798 Weekly Mag. 10 Feb. 33/2 Her education disqualifies her from comprehending a sentence of any degree of abstractedness.

1835 G. Combe Constit. of Man (ed. 4) 97/1 Many sermons..partake of the abstractedness of the scholastic philosophy.

1935 Times 25 Feb. 8/7 The three composers chosen for discussion..were prominent malcontents with music's original abstractedness, and were in the habit of borrowing as much as possible from the descriptive arts.

2004 C. Zabus Afr. Palimpsest (new ed.) ii. 23 This lesser degree of alienation has made Africans in British-controlled Africa more reluctant to accept the abstractedness of the intellectual cult of Négritude.

†b. = ideality n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > something unreal > nature of

notionality1653

ideality1793

subjectivity1803

abstractedness1878

1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 425 He..can value the abstractedness, the aspiration, the Druidic nature-worship of Laprade.

4. Lack of awareness of or concentration on what is happening around one; absence of mind. Cf. abstraction n. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [noun]

amusement1663

reverie1690

abstractedness1705

absence1709

preoccupation1788

absentness1790

abstraction1791

absent-mindedness1845

misadvertence1870

not-thereness1902

la-la land1979

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 209 Not that we are to like or love nothing but Him; for of such Abstractedness our Condition is not capable.

1799 E. Parsons Valley of St. Gothard (ed. 2) III. xxviii. 40 Mr. Murray..was more than commonly attentive, but I felt a weight on my spirits that I could not shake off; he observed my abstractedness.

1827 Miss Hart Lett. Bahama Islands vi. 51 He stood gazing in perfect abstractedness on the scene before him.

1860 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 337/2 The artist..may depict the pedantry, the oddities, and the abstractedness of the scholar.

1916 Amer. Cooking Feb. 514/2 Virginia..kept up a steady stream of cheerful commonplaces through her room-mate's scholarly abstractedness.

1996 Time Out N.Y. 14 Feb. 27/2 Did Clinton..alternate between moments of laser focus and periods of incredible abstractedness?

†5. Lack of a feeling of personal interest, concern, or consequence in the outcome of a matter; disinterestedness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [noun] > lack of selfish bias

disinteressedness1648

disinterest1658

disinteressmenta1680

disinterestedness1687

uninterestedness1691

uninteressedness1702

abstractedness1747

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xx. 133 My abstractedness..favour'd of greater particularity, than what they aim'd to carry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abstractedness
释义	abstractednessn. Brit. /əbˈstraktᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /əbˈstræktədnəs/, /æbˈstræktədnəs/ Forms: see abstracted adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abstracted adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < abstracted adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier abstractness n. 1. Separation; apartness, isolation. Chiefly with from. Cf. abstracted adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > quality or condition of being separate separateness1635 abstractedness1647 separation1650 asunderness1843 separativeness1901 1647 R. Corbet Articles Impeachm. 2 Neither [princes or their subjects] do rightly consider themselves in their noblest condition of relation to the whole, but in the abstractednesse of their inferiour and personal beings. 1686 J. Norris Let. in Theory & Regulation Love (1688) 206 You make the Abstractedness of this pleasure from the natural end of it, that of propagation, to be its Essential Turpitude. 1833 J. Grant Course of Serm. for Year I. xxxiv. 480 Who can comprehend his distinct personality, combined with his diffused omnipresence..—his abstractedness from matter, yet his support of every atom of it? 1866 A. Wilcockson Zion's Witness Apr. 153 They seem to live, walk, and act as being in abstractedness from the Head, as if there was not union between Head and members. 1889 I. Schwab Sabbath in Hist. II. 305 A system like Philo's, in which God's rigid abstractedness from the material world was taught with such emphatic assertion, and the great-power, Logos, devised to be the active link between God and man. 1969 Harper's Mag. Oct. 56 The institutional apparatus we have constructed to deal with the problem of social inequities in this country are finally the index of our social abstractedness—and not only our abstractedness from one another but from the environment as a whole. 2008 R. C. Sibley Northern Spirits xi. 126 The modern lowering of standards of justice to the convenience of the social contract was the result of man's abstractedness from nature and his acceptance of historical and moral relativism. 2. A state of seclusion or withdrawal from worldly or sensual things; contemplation of or concentration on the spiritual. Frequently with from. Now rare and chiefly historical. Cf. abstraction n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] privity?c1225 reclusionc1430 abstractionc1450 recess?1532 privacy1534 solitariousness1545 retirea1554 secess1570 privatenessa1586 retirednessa1586 retirement1603 secrecy1607 closeness1612 shadow1612 privatea1616 recluseness1648 abstractednessa1653 recluse1665 abscondence1694 seclusion1785 seclusiveness1822 retiracy1824 secludedness1835 retraite1843 a1653 H. Binning Sinners Sanctuary (1670) xvi. 120 There is nothing..seems harder in Religion, then such a victory over the flesh, such an abstractedness from sensual and earthly things. 1699 J. Mackqueen Divine & Moral Ess. on Christian Pilgrim's Conduct 41 By his sedate Behaviour among them, or abstractedness from their Affairs, he avoids giving or receiving Offence upon every sudden caprice, tempting oportunity, or trifling Emergent. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 16 The greatest part of her time is spent in retirement, in order to give herself up to devotion with the greater abstractedness. 1790 D. Turner Expos. v. 224 No pretence of abstractedness from the world, will justify indolence, in trying to procure by labour and honest means, the necessaries of life; which our Father in Heaven knows we need. 1833 Calcutta Christian Observer Dec. 594 We cease to wonder at his holy energy, his undaunted courage, and his uncommon abstractedness from the things of earth. 1899 R. Roberts Law of Moses xxiv. 213 The men who in the sublimity of a divine abstractedness think it meritorious to forget or despise man. 1996 B. Jenkins Henry Goulburn vii. 201 Their [sc. the priests'] claims to ‘abstractedness’ from worldly concerns. 3. a. The quality of existing or being presented in abstract form, rather than with reference to concrete details or particular instances. Cf. abstractness n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [noun] > abstractness abstractness1598 abstractedness1665 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 63 in Scepsis Scientifica It was not only the abstractedness of the matter, that rendred Aristotle's Physiology so difficult of comprehension. 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. i. 63 Demonstrations may be difficult to be comprehended, because of the abstractedness of the subject. 1798 Weekly Mag. 10 Feb. 33/2 Her education disqualifies her from comprehending a sentence of any degree of abstractedness. 1835 G. Combe Constit. of Man (ed. 4) 97/1 Many sermons..partake of the abstractedness of the scholastic philosophy. 1935 Times 25 Feb. 8/7 The three composers chosen for discussion..were prominent malcontents with music's original abstractedness, and were in the habit of borrowing as much as possible from the descriptive arts. 2004 C. Zabus Afr. Palimpsest (new ed.) ii. 23 This lesser degree of alienation has made Africans in British-controlled Africa more reluctant to accept the abstractedness of the intellectual cult of Négritude. †b. = ideality n. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > something unreal > nature of notionality1653 ideality1793 subjectivity1803 abstractedness1878 1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 425 He..can value the abstractedness, the aspiration, the Druidic nature-worship of Laprade. 4. Lack of awareness of or concentration on what is happening around one; absence of mind. Cf. abstraction n. 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [noun] amusement1663 reverie1690 abstractedness1705 absence1709 preoccupation1788 absentness1790 abstraction1791 absent-mindedness1845 misadvertence1870 not-thereness1902 la-la land1979 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 209 Not that we are to like or love nothing but Him; for of such Abstractedness our Condition is not capable. 1799 E. Parsons Valley of St. Gothard (ed. 2) III. xxviii. 40 Mr. Murray..was more than commonly attentive, but I felt a weight on my spirits that I could not shake off; he observed my abstractedness. 1827 Miss Hart Lett. Bahama Islands vi. 51 He stood gazing in perfect abstractedness on the scene before him. 1860 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 337/2 The artist..may depict the pedantry, the oddities, and the abstractedness of the scholar. 1916 Amer. Cooking Feb. 514/2 Virginia..kept up a steady stream of cheerful commonplaces through her room-mate's scholarly abstractedness. 1996 Time Out N.Y. 14 Feb. 27/2 Did Clinton..alternate between moments of laser focus and periods of incredible abstractedness? †5. Lack of a feeling of personal interest, concern, or consequence in the outcome of a matter; disinterestedness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [noun] > lack of selfish bias disinteressedness1648 disinterest1658 disinteressmenta1680 disinterestedness1687 uninterestedness1691 uninteressedness1702 abstractedness1747 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xx. 133 My abstractedness..favour'd of greater particularity, than what they aim'd to carry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1647
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