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单词 abstractive
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abstractiveadj.n.

Brit. /əbˈstraktɪv/, U.S. /əbˈstræktɪv/, /æbˈstræktɪv/
Forms: Middle English abstractif, Middle English abstractyue, 1600s abstractiue, 1600s– abstractive.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abstractivus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin abstractivus (in logic) capable of forming abstractions (from 13th cent. in British sources; from 14th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin abstract- , past participial stem of abstrahere (see abstract v.) + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French, French abstractif (adjective) relating to or engaged in abstraction (1510 in science abstractif), abstract, not material (1547), (of a noun) abstract (1747).
A. adj.
1. Of, relating to, or expressing abstract ideas or concepts; engaged in, or able to engage in, the process of considering something theoretically or in the abstract. Cf. abstract adj. 1b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > [adjective] > performing abstraction
abstractive1610
precisive1650
abstractionist1860
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 8v Þeiȝ [sc. nouns] swiche be abstractif [L. abstractiva; Tol. abstractyue], som tyme þey beþ I take for persones.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos xxvii. sig. Gviii The swete balle of the eye..discernynge without interualle the differences abstractyue adherynge to theyr subgecte, was sone made obscure & her lyght empesched.
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ix. xvi. 353 The wisest men in their greatest height of abstractiue speculation.
1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous viii. 127 How can we divide in our most abstractive thoughts, the highest pleasure..from this dependence!
1713 S. Parker tr. St. Athanasius Four Orations against Arians II. iii. 4 A meer Abstractive Being.
1825 Examiner 30 May 336/1 Poetry..is abstractive rather than false.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxiv. 284 The human body..is thus itself a kind of abstractive machine. The senses cannot but abstract.
1925 A. N. Whitehead Sci. & Mod. World (1926) 235 The third condition to be satisfied by an abstractive hierarchy will be called the condition of connexity.
1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art xiii. 290 Such a distinction only presents itself to us when, by the abstractive work of intellect, we learn to dissect a given experience into two parts.
1996 A. Bäck On Reduplication iv. xiii. 398 (note) The abstractive and precisive types resemble the sorts of specificative propositions distinguished by Peter of Fonseca.
2. That brings about the discontinuation or removal of something. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] > abstract or relating to abstraction > of abstracting character
abstractive1490
1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos xii. sig. Diij Elysse esprysed with brennyng loue towarde Enee..leuynge by dyspense abstractyue her first vowes of chastyte promysed.
1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 391 Near most farmsteads is a muck-heap—exposed to all the abstractive influences of sun, wind, and shower.
3. Characteristic of an abstract or summary; written in abridged or summarized form. Also occasionally figurative: that is the perfect form of something; that is the exemplar or epitome. Now rare.
ΚΠ
1821 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Med. Sci. 2 321 Of these we shall notice a few, chiefly in an abstractive form.
1836 N. Wiseman Connexion Sci. & Revealed Relig. I. iv. 251 No nation long possesses the art of representation, without forming to itself an ideal, abstractive type.
1862 Athenæum 559/2 We should like to see Mr. Mill's abstractive descriptions reprinted.
1918 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 5 351/2 His complete familiarity with roentgenological literature, his linguistic ability, and his genius in abstractive work have made the abstract department of the Journal extremely valuable.
B. n.
1. A piece of text extracted or copied from a larger work. Cf. abstract v. 3a. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > synoptical statement
abstract1436
titling1465
capitulation1523
aphorism1528
argument1535
table1560
analysis1588
the brief1601
abstractive1611
synopsis1611
method1614
synopsy1616
modela1626
scheme1652
syllabus1653
précis1760
summing up1795
aperçu1828
conspectus1839
vidimus1884
auto-abstract1892
standfirst1972
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxi. 765/2 These are the abstractiues taken out of larger discourses, whereof you may reade if you please more in Hollinshead.
2. A person, thing, or other entity which is characterized by being abstract; (now) spec. an abstract noun.
ΚΠ
1661 A. Burgess Expository Comment 1st Chap. 2 Cor. cxv. 537 Abstractives admit of no mixture, though Concretives may.
1855 Pop. Educator VI. 609/1 When we say, ‘Do you prefer green or yellow?’ we use the adjectives as abstractives, meaning the colour green and the colour yellow.
1889 K. P. Wormeley tr. H. de Balzac Louis Lambert 142 Intermediate beings who separate the Kingdom of Instinctives from the Kingdom of the Abstractives.
1904 C. S. Peirce Let. Lady Welby 12 Oct. in Coll. Papers (1958) VIII. ii. viii. 241 Abstractives such as Color, Mass, Whiteness, etc.
2005 J. Heath Gram. Tamashek viii. 532 The abstractives ‘cousinhood’ and ‘thievery’ denote behavioral complexes, e.g. ‘acting as a X’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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