non-abstract
adjective
(alsononabstract)uk/ˌnɒnˈæb.strækt/us/ˌnɑːnˈæb.strækt/non-abstractadjective(real)
relatedtoobjectsorparticularexamples, and notideas,feelings, orqualities:
Hedistinguishesbetweenabstractand non-abstractinformation.
Compare
concreteadjective
- At thistime, aconcrete, non-abstractsystemofcountingwasturnedintoabstractweightsystems.
- Childrentendto usemetaphorsinordertolabelthings orexpressnon-abstractconceptsfor which they stilllackliteralterms.
- I have used a set ofspecific, non-abstract andoperationalcriteriaand havechosentofocusonunmarriedpeoplewho were under thirtyyearsofage.
Objects - general words
- Americana
- artefact
- blank
- column
- conversation piece
- curio
- entity
- ephemera
- extrusion
- forensics
- gewgaw
- object
- phenomenon
- piece
- shape
- snow globe
- such and such
- tchotchke
- thang
- thing
non-abstractadjective(art)
Non-abstractartrepresentspeopleand things as they reallylook,especiallyincontrasttoartthat usesshapes,lines, andcolourin a way that does nottryto do this:
These 55paintingsdo notincludehis early nonabstractwork.
Compare
figurative(ART)
- Thisapproachcouldworkfor bothabstractand non-abstractart.
- Publishers arewarythesedaysof using non-abstractillustrationon thecoversofnovels.
- Rockwell's non-abstractpaintingstylewas given littleattentionby thefineartcommunityduring hislifetime.
Art history & artistic movements
- abstract
- aesthetic
- anti-modern
- anti-modernism
- anti-modernist
- cubist
- expressionism
- expressionist
- expressionistic
- expressionistically
- modernism
- modernist
- montage
- naturalism
- naturalistic
- rococo
- romantic
- romanticism
- screen printing
- silkscreen