abstractive

Meaning

Adjective

Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.

Origin

From Middle English abstractif, from Medieval Latin abstractivus, from Latin abstractus + -ivus. Equivalent to abstract + -ive.

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