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Word Meanings - ABSENT-MINDED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness, n. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly, adv.

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  • ABSTRACTION
    The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or
  • ABSENTATION
    The act of absenting one's self. Sir W. Hamilton.
  • ABSTRACTEDLY
    In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
  • ABSENTEEISM
    The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.
  • ABSENTEE
    One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee. Macaulay.
  • ABSENTANEOUS
    Pertaining to absence.
  • ABSTRACTITIOUS
    Obtained from plants by distillation. Crabb.
  • ABSTRACTNESS
    The quality of being abstract. "The abstractness of the ideas." Locke.
  • ABSTRACTIONAL
    Pertaining to abstraction.
  • ABSTRACTIONIST
    An idealist. Emerson.
  • ABSENT-MINDED
    Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness, n. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly, adv.
  • ABSENTER
    One who absents one's self.
  • ABSENTNESS
    The quality of being absent-minded. H. Miller.
  • ABSTRACTIVE
    Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature. "The abstractive faculty." I. Taylor.
  • ABSENTMENT
    The state of being absent; withdrawal. Barrow.
  • ABSTRACTIVENESS
    The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.
  • ABSTRACTLY
    In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.
  • ABSENTLY
    In an absent or abstracted manner.
  • ABSTRACTER
    One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.
  • ABSTRACTIVELY
    In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself. Feltham.
  • INABSTRACTED
    Not abstracted.

 

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