ABSTRACTEDNESS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

abstractedness

noun

as in withdrawal

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Noun

Hong ultimately lost the primary election to Crowley by less than a percentage point following Barnes’s withdrawal from the race at the eleventh hour.

— Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
Agriculture accounts for around 72% of the world’s freshwater withdrawals, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

— Adhum Carter Wolde-Lule, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of withdrawal

Noun

One of those sales was a rare Sam Gilliam hard-edge abstraction, Mycenaean Ode (1965), for $300,000.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
To take such a thing seriously in this age of nihilism and disenchantment betrays a person as potentially unserious, someone committed to abstraction, to feeling over logic and material reality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of abstraction

Noun

Unexcused absences in three consecutive elections freeze tax IDs, block nonvoters from applying to state jobs, hinders loans from state banks, and delays the issuance of passports.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
The Panthers spent a first-round draft pick on tackle Monroe Freeling this year, who started in Moton’s absence the first few games of 2026.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of absence

Noun

Even as the actors shouted in counterfeit pain from the next room, the subjects continued to administer increasingly intense shocks they’d been told could lead to unconsciousness or even death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Critical to healthy brain functioning is a dreaming state of unconsciousness called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep.

— Mike McRae September 17, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of unconsciousness

Noun

Have hypoglycemia unawareness – an absence of warning signs for high blood sugar.

— Reed Berger-Fleishman, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2026
Black enrollees reported the highest rate of unawareness of work requirements at 62%, compared to 56% among White enrollees and 54% among Hispanic enrollees.

— Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026

Definition of unawareness

Noun

Despite the remoteness of the island, there’s still more to do beyond the property.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
Unraveling the Tunguska Event mystery Remarkably, scientists wouldn't get a firsthand look at the destruction caused by the Tunguska blast for almost two decades, due primarily to the extreme remoteness of the blast location.

— Micah Hanks, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of remoteness

Noun

His household becomes a microcosm of a broader societal moral decay, fuelled by detachment, indifference, corruption, complacency and the pursuit of comfort.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Researchers found that these processes are also accelerating the glacier’s detachment from stabilizing ridges, leading to more rapid ice flow and deterioration.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

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