abstractive.
Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
Meaning & usage
Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
The researcher proposed an abstractive model for text summarization.
Unlike extractive methods, abstractive summarization generates new phrasing.
Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English abstractif, from Medieval Latin abstractivus, from Latin abstractus (“drawn away”) + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abstract + -ive.
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