CONCRETISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms

Synonyms:

concrete representation; concretism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("concretism" is a kind of...):

internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concretism"):

embodiment; shape (a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept)

Derivation:

concretistic (of or relating to concrete representations of abstractions)