Word: Abstraction
How to pronounce: əbˈstrækʃn
Noun
Definitions:
1. The quality of dealing with ideas rather than events.
Example sentences: "Topics will vary in degrees of abstraction"
2. Freedom from representational qualities in art.
Example sentences: "Geometric abstraction has been a mainstay in her work"
3. A state of preoccupation.
Example sentences: "She sensed his momentary abstraction"
4. The process of considering something independently of its associations, attributes, or concrete accompaniments.
Example sentences: "Duty is no longer determined in abstraction from the consequences"
5. The process of removing something, especially water from a river or other source.
Example sentences: "The abstraction of water from springs and wells"
Synonyms:
abstractness
generalisation
generalization
water abstraction
water withdrawal
abstract art
concept
notion
idea
thought
Derivations:
abstractionism
abstractedness
abstractionist
abstractor
abstracted
abstracting
abstractive
abstractly
abstractedly
abstract
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Abstraction in Other Languages...
Spanish: Abstracción
German: Abstraktion
French: Abstraction
Italian: Astrazione
Turkish: Soyutlama
