abstractive

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

abstractive
    adj 1: of an abstracting nature or having the power of
           abstracting; "abstractive analysis"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Abstractive \Ab*strac"tive\, a. [Cf. F. abstractif.]
   Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.
   "The abstractive faculty." --I. Taylor.
   [1913 Webster]