abstractive

English · Français

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

abstractive

/əbˈstɹæk.tɪv/ UK
/æbˈstɹæk.tɪv/ US
/əbˈstɹæk.tɪv/ US

Rhymes with -æktɪv

Where it comes from

From Middle English abstractif, from Medieval Latin abstractivus, from Latin abstractus (“drawn away”) + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abstract + -ive.

adjective more abstractive · most abstractive

Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. The researcher proposed an abstractive model for text summarization.
Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.

Translations

Every language

adj having an abstracting nature or tendency

Português	abstrativo
Italiano	astrattivo

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"abstractive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/abstractive. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

abstractive. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/abstractive

Chicago

"abstractive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/abstractive.

BibTeX

@misc{abstractive_2026,
  title = {abstractive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abstractive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}