抽象的|ちゅうしょうてきchuushouteki

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjectiveabstract
    あなたの説明せつめいは私には抽象的ちゅうしょうてきすぎます。↗
    Your explanation is too abstract to me.
Conjugation
Plain form抽象的(ちゅうしょうてき)
Polite (desu)抽象的です(ちゅうしょうてきです)
Negative (dewa nai)抽象的ではない(ちゅうしょうてきではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)抽象的ではありません(ちゅうしょうてきではありません)
Past (datta)抽象的だった(ちゅうしょうてきだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)抽象的ではなかった(ちゅうしょうてきではなかった)
Te form (de)抽象的で(ちゅうしょうてきで)
Adverbial (ni)抽象的に(ちゅうしょうてきに)
Conditional (nara)抽象的なら(ちゅうしょうてきなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym観念的かんねんてきNeutralIdeas confined to the head and cut off from reality, often with a negative nuance; 「抽象的」 can also neutrally mean drawing out common elements.
  • Related概念的がいねんてきNeutralGeneral and concept-based, with an academic flavor; it carries no nuance of being divorced from reality.
  • Related理論的りろんてきNeutralGrounded in theory and contrasted with practice; 「抽象的」 is contrasted with the concrete instead.
  • RelatedアブストラクトNeutralA loanword for abstract art or music, and for a paper abstract; used mainly in art and academic settings.
  • Antonym具体的ぐたいてきNeutralThe direct opposite of 「抽象的」: concrete, with actual substance and detail.

Use 「抽象的」 for statements that are vague and not concrete, as in 「抽象的な説明」. For empty ideas detached from reality pick 「観念的」; for theory-based points 「理論的」; 「具体的」 is the opposite. 「アブストラクト」 covers abstract art and paper abstracts.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 色色いろいろな物ものから共通きょうつうの要素ようそを抜き出ぬきだし、一般化いっぱんかして考かんがえるさま。
  2. 頭あたまの中なかだけで考かんがえていて具体性ぐたいせいに乏とぼしいさま。
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