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in the abstract collocation as a general idea, without referring to particular ideas, details, or examples: So far we've only discussed the question in the abstract. It all sounds very encouraging in the abstract, but once you get down to the specifics things start to look less positive. See
the abstract I do not intend to discuss it further in the abstract; however, it is worth examining a specific instance of the problem. His open-door policy was noble in the abstract, but demanding - and sometimes dangerous - in reality. Candidates differ in the details, but in the abstract, they all want to help senior citizens. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Ideas, concepts and theories abstract abstraction accepted wisdom afterthought anthropocentrism Darwinism Darwinist determinist Dianetics motif musings natalism non-dogmatic non-empirical sacred cow social Darwinism straw man supersensible tenet the domino theory |