All 3 Uses of
abstract
in
Fahrenheit 451
- ...the musical wall lit and all the colored patterns running up and down, but it's only color and all abstract.
p. 28..8 (definition 1)abstract = not imitating nature
- And at the museums, have you ever been? All abstract. That's all there is now. My uncle says it was different once. A long time back sometimes pictures said things or even showed people.
p. 28..8 (definition 1) *
- He examined his eternal matchbox, the lid of which said GUARANTEED: ONE MILLION LIGHTS IN THIS IGNITER, and began to strike the chemical match abstractedly, blow out, strike, blow out, strike, speak a few words, blow out.
p. 51..1 (definition 2) *abstractedly = without thinking about it
Definitions:
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(1) (abstract as in: abstract art) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
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(2) (abstract as in: abstract thought) of a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance