abstract noun

noun

, Grammar.

a noun denoting something immaterial and abstract, as rest, dread, or transportation.
a noun formed with a suffix that imparts such a meaning, as kindness.

abstract noun

See concrete noun
a noun that refers to an abstract concept, as for example kindness Compare concrete noun

First recorded in 1350–1400

Glenn Beck did it before, although the abstract noun he chose to foist on the nation was "honor."

A participle agreeing with a noun is preferred in Latin to an abstract noun with a dependent genitive.

An abstract noun is the name denoting a quality of an object; as, power, purity, strength.

When I've finished, there isn't an hysterical superlative adjective or a complimentary abstract noun unused in my vocabulary.

The, when placed before the pluralized abstract noun, marks it as half abstract or a common noun.

An abstract noun is the name of a quality, a condition or an action.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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