Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #837 of 1319

abstract (adj.)

not representing reality

Examples

  • Abstract art.

Key rules

  • Abstract means not representing things realistically
  • Abstract art, an abstract idea
  • Abstractly is the adverb

Common mistakes

  • Abstract art is realistic → Abstract art is not realistic
💡 Tip: Art // Ideas // Academic writing
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