Definition of Overabstract

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overabstract

over the hill
over the hills and far away
over the moon
over the sea
over the top
over the transom
over the wicket
over there
over time
over to
overable
overabound
overabounded
overabounding
overabounds
overabstract (current term)
overabundance
overabundances
overabundant
overabundantly
overaccelerate
overaccelerated
overaccelerates
overaccelerating
overaccentuate
overaccentuated
overaccentuates
overaccommodate
overaccommodated
overaccommodates

Literary usage of Overabstract

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Economic Thought: A Critical Account of the Origin and by Lewis Henry Haney (1920)
"The service of the Historical School has been to counteract an undoubtedly overabstract tendency. In applying the principle of least sacrifice some ..."

2. Guild Socialism: An Historical and Critical Analysis by Niles Carpenter (1922)
"It has kept the Movement in touch with reality, and has already begun to act as a corrective upon some of its overabstract theoretical tendencies. ..."

3. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1922)
"overworked, then rejected as empty, artificial, or overabstract, may once more be applied to enhance the systematical ion and comprehension of social ..."

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