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Abstractedness

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ab·stract·ed  (b-strktd, bstrk-)
adj.
1. Removed or separated from something else; apart.
2. Lost or deep in thought; preoccupied.

ab·stracted·ly adv.
ab·stracted·ness n.
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Noun1.Abstractedness - preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all elseabstractedness - preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
preoccupancy, preoccupation, engrossment, absorption - the mental state of being preoccupied by something
revery, reverie - an abstracted state of absorption


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