abstract principle
Example Sentences
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“To read the 14th Amendment to state an abstract principle of colorblindness is itself to be blind to history,” Brennan wrote.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
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
When Hellenism came to stand in the world for something concrete and organic, it was, of course, no mere abstract principle, but embodied in a language, a literature, an artistic tradition.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
