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| abstinence | <psychology> Self-denial, a voluntary refraining from the use of or indulgence in food, stimulants or sexual intercourse. (15 Jan 1998) |
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| abstinence symptoms | A group of morbid symptom's, predominantly erethistic, occurring in an addict who is deprived of his accustomed dose of the addicting agent. Synonym: abstinence symptoms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abstinence syndrome | <syndrome> A constellation of physiologic changes undergone by persons or animals who have become physically dependent on a drug or chemical due to prolonged use at elevated doses, but who are abruptly deprived of that substance. The abstinence syndrome varies with the drug to which dependence has developed. Generally the effects observed are in an opposite direction from those produced by the drug; e.g., the withdrawal syndrome from central nervous system depressants such as barbiturates and benzodiazepines consists of insomnia, restlessness, tremulousness, hallucinations, and, in the extreme, tonic-clonic convulsions which may prove fatal. The onset time and severity of the abstinence syndrome depend upon how rapidly the drug disappears from the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abstract | 1. Withdraw; separate. "The more abstract . . . We are from the body." (Norris) 2. Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; exiting in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult. 3. <logic> Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word. Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, "reptile" is an abstract or general name. "A concrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract name which stands for an attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by Locke, has gained currency from his example, of applying the expression "abstract name" to all names which are the result of abstraction and generalisation, and consequently to all general names, instead of confining it to the names of attributes." (J. S. Mill) 4. Abstracted; absent in mind. "Abstract, as in a trance. <psychology>" An abstract idea, an idea separated from a complex object, or from other ideas which naturally accompany it; as the solidity of marble when contemplated apart from its colour or figure. Abstract terms, those which express abstract ideas, as beauty, whiteness, roundness, without regarding any object in which they exist; or abstract terms are the names of orders, genera or species of things, in which there is a combination of similar qualities. <mathematics> Abstract numbers, numbers used without application to things, as 6, 8, 10; but when applied to any thing, as 6 feet, 10 men, they become concrete. Abstract or Pure mathematics. See Mathematics. Origin: L. Abstractus, p. P. Of abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw. See Trace. 1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away. "He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices." (Sir W. Scott) 2. To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects. "The young stranger had been abstracted and silent." (Blackw. Mag) 3. To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute. 4. To epitomize; to abridge. 5. To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till. "Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness." (W. Black) 6. <chemistry> To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used. Origin: See Abstract. 1. That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief. "An abstract of every treatise he had read." (Watts) "Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled." (Ford) 2. A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things. 3. An abstract term. "The concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts "paternity" and "filiety."" (J. S. Mill) 4. <medicine> A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance. Abstract of title, an epitome of the evidences of ownership. Synonym: Abridgment, compendium, epitome, synopsis. See Abridgment. See: Abstract. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| abstract intelligence | The capacity to understand and manage abstract ideas and symbols. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abstracting and indexing | Shortening or summarizing of documents; assigning of descriptors for referencing documents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| abstraction | 1. The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal. "A wrongful abstraction of wealth from certain members of the community." (J. S. Mill) 2. <psychology> 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 colour of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects. Abstraction is necessary to classification, by which things are arranged in genera and species. We separate in idea the qualities of certain objects, which are of the same kind, from others which are different, in each, and arrange the objects having the same properties in a class, or collected body. "Abstraction is no positive act: it is simply the negative of attention." (Sir W. Hamilton) 3. An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions. 4. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction. 5. Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects. 6. The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. 7. <chemistry> A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. Origin: Cf. F. Abstraction. See Abstract. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| abstractitious | Obtained from plants by distillation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| abstriction | In fungi, the formation of asexual spores by cutting off portions of the sporophore through the growth of dividing partitions. Origin: L. Ab-, from, + strictura, a contraction (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Abstracting, Index, Indexing and Abstracting, Indices
Synonyms : Abstracts (PT)
| abstinence |
the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
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consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically pilfer: make off with belongings of others existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'" abstraction: a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example" not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting" outline: a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory give an abstract (of) dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"
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a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" the act of withdrawing or removing something the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances an abstract painting abstractedness: preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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abstainer: a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious"
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| abst | choose to refrain |
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| abst | refrain from voting |
| abst | a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
| abst | practices self denial as spiritual discipline |
| abst | sparing in consumption of especially food and drink |
| abst | marked by temperance in indulgence |
| abst | in a sparing manner |
| abst | moderation in eating and drinking |
| abst | the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) |
| abst | self-restraining |
| abst | act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite |
| abst | the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) |
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