abstractive
AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting“abstractive analysis”Opposite empiricSimilar theoretical, theoretic
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ab·strac′tive (…), adjective
Origin: Cf. F. abstractif.
Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature. “The abstractive faculty.” Isaac Taylor
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54