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abstraction
[ab-strak-shuhn]
noun
an abstract or general idea or term.
the act of considering something as a general quality or characteristic, apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances.
an impractical idea; something visionary and unrealistic.
the act of taking away or separating; withdrawal.
The sensation of cold is due to the abstraction of heat from our bodies.
secret removal, especially theft.
absent-mindedness; inattention; mental absorption.
Fine Arts.
the abstract qualities or characteristics of a work of art.
a work of art, especially a nonrepresentational one, stressing formal relationships.
abstraction
/ æˈٰæʃə /
noun
absence of mind; preoccupation
the process of formulating generalized ideas or concepts by extracting common qualities from specific examples
an idea or concept formulated in this way
good and evil are abstractions
logic an operator that forms a class name or predicate from any given expression See also lambda calculus
an abstract painting, sculpture, etc
the act of withdrawing or removing
Other 51Թ Forms
- abstractional adjective
- ˈٰپ adverb
- ˈٰپ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of abstraction1
Example Sentences
Using oil paints to create bright, sweeping strokes and cutting canvases apart to sew them together in new ways, Hurtado questioned the abstraction of the phrase “I am.”
The Met continues to rely on 'abstraction', where local officers are taken away from regular duties at short notice to support public order operations in central London.
An electronic score by John Carroll Kirby apes the sound of the era but devolves into abstraction as the story develops into something darker.
Time and Disillusion remain abstractions up to the point when we dare no longer fool ourselves.
It does not belong to institutions or abstractions — and least of all to non-existent institutions or abstractions.
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