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What are the abstract nouns of the following adjectives:ArtisticScientificPoorStupidJust

Doctor D · Accepted Answer

I would say:
Art
Science
Poverty
Stupidity
Justice

GPY · Answer

Doctor DI would say:ArtSciencePovertyStupidityJustice

"poverty" and "stupidity" seem right to me, but I am not so sure about the others. Shouldn't the meanings be "artisticness", "scientificness" and "justness"?

CalifJim · Answer

GPYShouldn't the meanings be ...

Some commonly used word that is even vaguely related usually suffices in this kind of exercise.

CJ

GPY · Answer

CalifJimSome commonly used word that is even vaguely related usually suffices in this kind of exercise.

I'm afraid I cannot agree with that approach. At least the noun-adjective relationships should be consistent across the answers, in my opinion.

Doctor D · Answer

It all depends upon how the adjectives are being used, doesn't it?

If it is an artistic man, then the noun would be artist. But if it is an artistic object, then the noun would be art.

Since I don't have the context, I prefer the more abstract noun.

Also, "artisticness," "scientificness," and "justness" are not actual words. Perhaps you want something like "artistry" and "scientism." (Justness has no real equivalent, perhaps "morality" or "reason," depending on the context.)

GPY · Answer

Poverty is the state of being poor.

Stupidity is the state of being stupid.

Art is not the state of being artistic; neither is artist.

This is my point.

Doctor DAlso, "artisticness," "scientificness," and "justness" are not actual words.

"justness" is a fair word. I am aware that the others are ugly coinages, but I only wrote them to illustrate the point about what I thought the words should mean in order to be consistent.

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