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| | abstract - Wiktionary |
 | | From Old French abstract, or from Latin abstractus, past participle of abstrahere, formed from abs- "away" + trahere "to draw". |
 | | John Stuart Mill - The concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts "paternity" and "filiety". |
 | | 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 generalization, and consequently to all general names, instead of confining it to the names of attributes. |
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