Meanings
plural concretenesses
- uncountableThe state of being concrete.
1 more example
Just as [absolute perfection in some respects, relative perfection in all others] is the whole positive content of perfection, so CW, or the conception of the Creator-and-the-Whole-of-what-he-has-created as constituting one life, the super-whole which in its everlasting essence is uncreated (and does not necessitate just the parts which the whole has) but in its de facto concreteness is created – this panentheistic doctrine contains all of deism and pandeism except their arbitrary negations.
1941, Charles Hartshorne, Man’s Vision of God and the Logic of Theism, New York, N.Y.: Harper and Bros., →OCLC, page 348 - countableThe result of being concrete.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being concrete (not abstract)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Czech konkrétnost
- konkrétnostthe state of being concrete
Finnish konkretia, konkreettisuus
- konkretiathe state of being concrete
- konkreettisuusthe state of being concrete
Irish nithiúlacht
- nithiúlachtthe state of being concrete
Italian concretezza
- concretezzathe state of being concrete
Latvian konkrētums, konkrētība
- konkrētumsthe state of being concrete
- konkrētībathe state of being concrete
Norwegian Bokmål konkrethet, konkrethet
- konkrethetthe state of being concrete
- konkrethetthe result of being concrete
Portuguese concretitude
- concretitudethe state of being concrete
Russian конкре́тность, конкре́тность
- конкре́тность (konkrétnostʹ)the state of being concrete
- конкре́тность (konkrétnostʹ)the result of being concrete
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concreteness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concreteness
“concreteness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concreteness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “concreteness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concreteness.
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