concreteness
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We all value precision in claims as compared to vagueness and concreteness as compared to abstractness.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2023
The concreteness is partly what’s nudging you in the right direction.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
Our reviewer, Maud Newton, praised the book, writing, “It’s the concreteness of Wagner’s own search, in all its messy detail and lingering uncertainties, that underscores our interconnectedness.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2019
In the history of the novel, there’s long been a connection between a kind of concreteness, or aesthetic reticence, and an idea of “manliness.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 11, 2018
But the concreteness of being outdoors was another matter—like the difference between the concept of death and being, in fact, dead.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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