in a way that is based on general ideas and not any particular real person, thing or situation 抽象的(與個别情況相對);純理論的 Young children may not have the ability to think abstractly. 小孩子可能沒有抽象思維的能力。
(in art )藝術 not representing people or things in a realistic way, but expressing the artist's ideas about them 抽象(派)的 She began to paint abstractly again. 她又開始抽象地畫畫了。