Meanings
plural abstracta
- plural normallyhuman sciencesSomething which is abstract or exists abstractly.First known use First attested in the mid 19ᵗʰ century.
There are quite familiar and truly outstanding liabilities—ontological, epistemological, and phenomenological—associated with saying that merely intentional objects are abstracta, or mental concreta, or non-existent non-mental concreta.
2008 August 5, Uriah Kriegel, “The dispensability of (merely) intentional objects”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI
Origin
- Latinabstractum
- Englishabstractum
Borrowed from Latin abstractum, neuter of abstractus (“drawn away”). Doublet of abstract.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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