abstract principle
Example Sentences
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But the hearings also repeatedly made clear that this was not about an abstract principle or a bad thing that happened in the past.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2022
But there was a frustrating disconnect between the mutual respect and tolerance they enjoyed in person, on the one hand, and the indifference they encountered to the abstract principle of tolerance and respect for all.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 3, 2018
It would be much easier to care about Miller’s doxing, if only as an abstract principle, if it were clear when the platform plans to start.
From The Verge • Jun. 27, 2018
The religious wars had implanted in both young men a horror of the craving for faith, for service to an abstract principle or to a charismatic leader.
From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2012
Both the one and the other are utopias; they are absorbed in realizing an abstract principle, and they, as a matter of fact, produce exactly the opposite of what they aim at.
From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John
