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ABSTRACTEDNESS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does abstractedness mean? 

ABSTRACTEDNESS (noun)
  The noun ABSTRACTEDNESS has 1 sense:

1. preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

  Familiarity information: ABSTRACTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.


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ABSTRACTEDNESS (noun)


Sense 1abstractedness [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

abstractedness; abstraction

Hypernyms ("abstractedness" is a kind of...):

absorption; engrossment; preoccupancy; preoccupation (the mental state of being preoccupied by something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abstractedness"):

reverie; revery (an abstracted state of absorption)


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