Abstract Noun
An abstract noun refers to the name of a quality, action, or state f an object.
Examples of Abstract Nouns:
Truthfulness is a great virtue. A truthful man never tells a lie. It has a deep impact on our moral character. A truthful person gets respect from everybody. He exercises love, honesty, and kindness. He is never disturbed by fear and anxiety. In the above passage the words truthfulness, virtue, lie, character, love, honesty, kindness, fear, anxiety, inspiration describe the names of abstract things. They cannot be touched or seen. They can only be felt. So they are abstract nouns.
Note: The nouns ending withness, tion, hood, ship, dom, ment, ism, th, ty, ce, are abstract nouns.
Kind + ness = kindness
Real + ism = realism
Attract + tion = actraction
True + th = truth
Child + hood = childhood
Cruel + ty = cruelty
Hard + ship = hardship
Confident + ce = confidence
Free + dom = freedom
Accurate + cy = accuracy
Manage + ment = management
