"abstract term" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: abstract terms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} abstract term (plural abstract terms)
  1. A term expressing an abstract idea, such as beauty, whiteness, or roundness, without indicating any object in which it exists. Coordinate_terms (term which expresses abstract ideas): concrete term Translations (term which expresses an abstract idea): abstrakt begrepp [neuter] (Swedish), tawag na basal (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-abstract_term-en-noun-kniJOV4C Disambiguation of 'term which expresses abstract ideas': 78 22 Disambiguation of 'term which expresses an abstract idea': 97 3
  2. (taxonomy) A name for an order, genera, or species of things in which there is a combination of similar qualities. Categories (topical): Taxonomy
    Sense id: en-abstract_term-en-noun-~vh4TWz7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy

Inflected forms

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