Abstractive: alternatives and connections

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the myst…

the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature

An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate part…

Supplying its own power; -- applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram.

The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according…

Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.

The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by natur…

To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim;…

Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural.

A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, th…

not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the myst…

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as man…

Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneo…

A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines…

The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to c…

The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity…

Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodi…