theoretical abstraction
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftheoreticalandabstraction
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theoretical
adjective
uk/θɪəˈret.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌθiː.əˈret̬.kəl/
based on the ideas that relate to a subject, not the practical uses of ...
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abstraction
noun[U or C]
uk/æbˈstræk.ʃən/us/æbˈstræk.ʃən/
the situation in which a subject is very general and not based on ...
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(Definition oftheoreticalandabstractionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is only intheoreticalabstractionthat a division between anthropological history and historical anthropology really makes sense.
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At the same time, the approach advocated in the volume provides the field with a much-needed balance betweentheoreticalabstractionand detailed linguistic description.
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He prefers argument in a concrete historical context totheoreticalabstraction.
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Yet how the music of the world shows up cannot be globalised into atheoreticalabstraction.
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How far can arguments organized at this level oftheoreticalabstractionactually shape regulatory solutions?
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The answer he provides in this and in other cases is based on a finegrained analysis of the phenomena, aimed at individuating the correct level oftheoreticalabstraction.
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The key concept of meta-psychology is psychical energy and its value for psychoanalytical practice rests in being "a bridge betweentheoreticalabstractionand immediate lived experience" (ibid.).
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The question of definition of disability is therefore not one oftheoreticalabstractionbut one of profound importance to millions of people.
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I should like also to add that this is notheoreticalabstraction.
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In that case, an economic equilibrium never exists in reality; it is only atheoreticalabstraction.
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A composite good is atheoreticalabstractionthat represents an aggregation of all other opportunities that are not realized by the first good.
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Only slowly did this approach give way to arguments based on universal theoretical abstractions.
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As to continuity, if the touchstone for continuity is the realism of the man in the street, then must we not eschew theoretical abstractions?
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