abstractum

noun

ab·​strac·​tum

plural abstracta

-tə

: an abstract entity (such as a universal, a relation, a class name)

whiteness and virtue are abstracta

—contrasted with concretum

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin, neuter of abstractus abstract entry 1

First Known Use

1728, in the meaning defined above

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