ABSTRACT ENTITY

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does abstract entity mean? 

• ABSTRACT ENTITY (noun)
  The noun ABSTRACT ENTITY has 1 sense:

1. a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

  Familiarity information: ABSTRACT ENTITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSTRACT ENTITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

Classified under:

Nouns with no superordinates

Synonyms:

abstract entity; abstraction

Hypernyms ("abstract entity" is a kind of...):

entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abstract entity"):

psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)

attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)

group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)

relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)

communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)

amount; measure; quantity (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)

otherworld (an abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality)

set ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols)