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Defenition of the word abstraction

    • Defenition of the word abstraction

      • The act of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others.
      • preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
      • a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
      • an abstract painting
      • a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
      • the act of extracting something
      • the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
      • the act of withdrawing or removing something
      • a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

    Synonyms for the word abstraction

      • abstract
      • abstract entity
      • abstractedness
      • extraction
      • generalisation
      • generalization

    Hyponyms for the word abstraction

      • absolute
      • amount
      • attribute
      • communication
      • group
      • grouping
      • measure
      • otherworld
      • psychological feature
      • quantity
      • relation
      • reverie
      • revery
      • right
      • set
      • space
      • teacher
      • thing
      • time

    Hypernyms for the word abstraction

      • absorption
      • concept
      • conception
      • construct
      • engrossment
      • entity
      • painting
      • picture
      • preoccupancy
      • preoccupation
      • remotion
      • removal
      • theorisation
      • theorization

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