Nounsin general represent things (including people, places, objects, and ideas). But some things aren’t actually things! Ideas, emotions, personality traits, and philosophic… See more

As we’ve said, abstract nouns can be hard to describe because they elude the senses. Sometimes it’s better to see examples to understand. (Some of these can also double as v… See more

Often you can create abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives, and even concrete nouns by taking the root word and adding asuffix. This is a great way to discuss the general concept be… See more

Abstract nouns follow all the same rules as other nouns. They work perfectly well as subjects and objects, follow capitalization rules as usual, and can take a possessive form (e.g., f… See more

Abstract nouns are perfectly at home in philosophical, existential, and ideological conversations—it’s hard to discuss these matters without them. Likewise, discussions about emot… See more