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Abstractedness

The state of being abstracted; abstract character.

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Absorption 76% connected

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the…

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Engrossment 76% connected

The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.

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Preoccupancy 76% connected

The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.

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Preoccupation 76% connected

The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.

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Reverie 76% connected

Alt. of Revery

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Revery 76% connected

A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream.

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Abstraction 92% connected

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

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Abience noun · 71% connection

(psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object

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Adience noun · 71% connection

(psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object

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Ambiversion noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion

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Association theory noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity

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Breaking point noun · 71% connection

(psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial

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Chunking noun · 71% connection

(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units

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Configurationism noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties

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Constitutional psychology noun · 71% connection

(Psychology) a school of thought postulating that the personality of an individual is dependent on the type of their physique (somatot…

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Double bind noun · 71% connection

(psychology) an unresolvable dilemma; situation in which a person receives contradictory messages from a person who is very powerful

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Ab- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6).

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Abbreviature noun · 78% connection

An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.

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Absent-minded adjective · 78% connection

Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.

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Absently adverb · 78% connection

In an absent or abstracted manner.

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Abstract adjective · 78% connection

Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only; as, abstract truth, ab…

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Abstractedly adverb · 78% connection

In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.

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Analysis noun · 78% connection

the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

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Argument noun · 78% connection

The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the conten…

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Character noun · 78% connection

Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a…

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Component noun · 78% connection

an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and…

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Concrete representation noun · 78% connection

a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms

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Concretism noun · 78% connection

a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms

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Constituent noun · 78% connection

an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and…

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Conventional adjective · 78% connection

Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rej…

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Denominate adjective · 78% connection

Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while…

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Distrait adjective · 78% connection

Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

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Element noun · 78% connection

an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and…

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Entitative adjective · 78% connection

Considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances.

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