| abstract noun |
| Definition - A noun that labels an idea, a quality, an attribute, or a condition. |
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Example - Judaism, anger, width, knowledge, and strength |
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Oxford English Dictionary - The only citation I could find for the term was from 1876: "Abstract nouns are sometimes used in the concrete sense … Thus nobility frequently means the whole body of persons of noble birth." (Mason Eng. Gram. §35) |