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Definition of Concreteness
1. Noun. The quality of being concrete (not abstract).
Generic synonyms: Corporality, Corporeality, Materiality, Physicalness
Attributes: Concrete
Antonyms: Abstractness
Derivative terms: Concrete
Definition of Concreteness
1. n. The quality of being concrete.
Definition of Concreteness
1. Noun. the state of being concrete ¹
2. Noun. the result of being concrete ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Concreteness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Concreteness
Literary usage of Concreteness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples by John Franklin Genung (1896)
"On this basis the figures here defined fall naturally into two classes: figures
that promote clearness and concreteness, and figures that promote emphasis. ..."
2. The Principles of Language-study by Harold E. Palmer (1921)
"CHAPTER XII concreteness SUCH expressions as for instance, for example, ...
The substance of the principle of concreteness is contained in the maxim, ..."
3. A Handbook of Public Speaking by John Dolman (1922)
"CHAPTER VI concreteness THE value of concrete illustration in any form of discourse
... But ask him what concreteness is; ask him to explain the distinction ..."
4. The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever, Easley Stephen Jones (1922)
"concreteness Concrete words are often more effective than vague, general, or
abstract words. Not specific: She held herself aloof from her brothers' games ..."
5. Interest and Education: The Doctrine of Interest and Its Concrete Application by Charles De Garmo (1902)
"... XI concreteness IN INSTRUCTION concreteness contributes perhaps more than any
other single phase of instruction! both to clearness and to vividness. ..."
6. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1917)
"And this necessity is one of the great educational values of formal debate.
The time limit demands compression. VII. concreteness ..."
7. Composition for College Students by Joseph Morris Thomas, Frederick Alexander Manchester, Frank William Scott (1922)
"... And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels From forth day's path and Titan's
fiery wheels/ Relation to concreteness.—The subject of figures of speech, ..."
8. Rational Living: Some Practical Inferences from Modern Psychology by Henry Churchill King (1905)
"... concreteness Not all psychologists are agreed in the individual applications
of this principle, but all recognize it at many points, and the trend, ..."
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