Crossword-Solution: ABSTRACTIONIST
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Abstractionist | n. | An idealist. |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
CAERON
Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with ABSTRACTIONIST (5)
Your typical ultra-abstractionist fairly shudders at concreteness: other things equal, he positively prefers the pale and spectral.
But see now how the abstractionist treats this rich and intricate vision that a certain state of things must be true.
Perhaps they may then wonder how so harmless and natural an account of truth as mine could have found such difficulty in entering the minds of men far more intelligent than I can ever hope to become, but wedded by education and tradition to the abstractionist manner of thought.
The mere abstractionist or _doctrinaire_ would aim at the formation of a code of great simplicity: the practitioner sees in it the parent of uncertainty and injustice.
The abstractionist would at once demolish it, and replace it by a light, commodious and airy dwelling, more symmetrical and chaste in its appearance, better fitted for the comfort and usefulness of its inhabitants.
Quotes with ABSTRACTIONIST (1)
I'm not an abstractionist. I'm not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: WSJ.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2006).