abstractive

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈstɹæk.tɪv/
  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɹæk.tɪv/, /əbˈstɹæk.tɪv/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æktɪv

Adjective

abstractive (comparative more abstractive, superlative most abstractive)

  1. Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. [First attested in the late 15th century.][1]
  2. Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction. [First attested in the late 15th century.][1]

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References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstractive”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ap.stʁak.tiv/
  • Audio (CAN)(file)

Adjective

abstractive

  1. feminine singular of abstractif
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