ABSTRACTEDNESS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

abstractedness

noun

as in withdrawal

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Noun

That’s in addition to the earlier dismantling of USAID (which trained social mobilizers for surveillance and active case finding) and the withdrawal from the WHO (whose technical expertise informed laboratory strengthening and data systems).

— Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Putting This Research Into Action Fourteen years and 76,000 people show that the withdrawal effect in men is real and self-reinforcing.

— Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of withdrawal

Noun

Certain practical and loving people viewed abstractions as attempts to escape, and thus a way of failing at what was essential in life.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
What initially reads as near abstraction—a blue oval, a red trapezoid, yellow flanking fields—reveals itself as an act of erasure.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of abstraction

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For the Heat, the Thompson acquisition is part of an offseason whirlwind that comes in the wake of a fourth consecutive trip to the NBA’s play-in round and the Heat’s first playoff absence in seven seasons.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
That was particularly evident as the club looked to replace franchise shortstop Dansby Swanson, whose absence has forced an infield shuffle and several changes to the big-league roster.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of absence

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Better telltale symptoms are confusion, seizures, difficulty breathing, nausea or sometimes unconsciousness.

— Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2026
The most common dispatch descriptions over the year were sick persons, non-traumatic chest pain, trouble breathing, unconsciousness or fainting, abdominal pain and diabetic emergencies.

— Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of unconsciousness

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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
At the same time, Weinberger added, the greatest treatment obstacle is patients not taking their medications — sometimes due to anosognosia, the unawareness of being ill, which affects 50% to 98% of people with schizophrenia.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025

Definition of unawareness

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Eriro Ehrwalder Alm, Austria Eriro is an outlier, a luxury lair that emphasizes privacy, quiet, and remoteness.

— Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
It’s known for its remoteness, with rugged islands, incredible marine life, and, yes, its legendary Komodo dragons—the planet’s largest predatory lizards that are often compared to dinosaurs.

— Annie Daly, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of remoteness

Noun

Apple’s gyrations are the latest demonstration of the stock’s increasing detachment from the broader market.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Yoon’s style recalls the stricken narrative detachment of the young soldiers in Remarqué’s and Hemingway’s World War I and Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of detachment

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