- Concreteness
- Concreteness Con*crete"ness, n. The quality of being concrete. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Concreteness
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Concreteness — is an aspect of communication that means being specific, definite, and vivid rather than vague and general. A concrete communication uses specific facts and figures.[1] Concreteness is often taught in college communication courses as one of the… … Wikipedia
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concreteness — concrete ► ADJECTIVE 1) existing in a material or physical form; not abstract. 2) specific; definite: concrete proof. ► NOUN ▪ a building material made from gravel, sand, cement, and water, hardening when dry into a stone like mass. ► VERB ▪… … English terms dictionary
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concreteness — noun a) the state of being concrete b) The result of being concrete … Wiktionary
concreteness — n. tangibility, palpability, substantiality … English contemporary dictionary
concreteness — con·crete·ness … English syllables
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Fallacy of misplaced concreteness — In the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, one commits the fallacy of misplaced concreteness when one mistakes an abstract belief, opinion or concept about the way things are for a physical or concrete reality.Whitehead proposed the fallacy in… … Wikipedia
