Abstract Nouns Definition

Abstract nouns are the opposite of concrete nouns. Can't touch them.

They're ideas, beliefs, conditions, emotions, movements, and qualities: things that exist in the physical universe. Usually, they're not made of matter. (They still matter, though.)

Examples

  • love
  • creativity
  • happiness
  • greed
  • truth
  • imagination
  • progress

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