Wiktionary
n. 1 A term which expresses an abstract idea; such as beauty, whiteness, or roundness without regarding any object in which they exist. 2 (context taxonomy English) A name for an order, genera, or species of things in which there is a combination of similar qualities.
Usage examples of "abstract term".
He avoided the personal term, God (Ti), and instead, made use of the abstract term, Heaven (Tien).
The soldier-senator made martial law, an abstract term, seem vividly martial.
What is love but an abstract term that cannot even be defined except in terms of action?
Boredom was an abstract term to an android, butData knew very well what it meant: the absence ofsomething to do.
Boredom was an abstract term to an android, but Data knew very well what it meant: the absence of something to do.