abstractive

Other forms: abstractively

Definitions of abstractive
  1. adjective
    of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting
    “abstractive analysis”
    synonyms:
    theoretic, theoretical
    concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations
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