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What does abstractive mean?

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Adjective
  1. Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
  2. Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
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According to my own theory it only differentiates itself from time at a somewhat developed stage of the abstractive process.
The notion of « active ageing » is highly debated, though in a very abstractive way so far.
The floral motif appears again on beachwear models totally printed, the abstractive print is sign of distinction.
In his present work, having reached maturity, the duality between the abstractive and the figurative forms which so tears Québec art apart, has certainly left its mark.
Thus an abstractive set is effectively the entity meant when we consider an instant of time without temporal extension.
Such a segment can also be defined as an abstractive element.

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