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[ ab-strak-shuhn ] / æbˈstræk ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR abstraction ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan 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.
Origin of abstraction1540–50; <Late Latin abstractiōn- (stem of abstractiō) separation. See abstract, -ion OTHER WORDS FROM abstractionab·strac·tion·al, adjectiveWords nearby abstractionabstract art, abstracted, abstract expressionism, abstracting journal, abstracting service, abstraction, abstractionism, abstractionist, abstractive, abstract noun, abstract number Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for abstractionThis is a great book if you are looking for something with a little bit of abstraction and a lot of access to animals you won’t find out and about. Animal coffee table books that make great gifts and conversation fodder|PopSci Commerce Team|October 1, 2020|Popular Science It suggests the model is actually capable of a certain level of abstraction, a fundamental skill for understanding the world. These weird, unsettling photos show that AI is getting smarter|Karen Hao|September 25, 2020|MIT Technology Review It frustrated her to hear other students discussing death as an abstraction, subject to simple moral rules. The Nurse Coaching People Through Death by Starvation|Nick Tabor|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is this kind of abstraction that leads to more mythology, more heroic narratives, more undertones of patriotic martyrdom. War Is About More Than Heroes, Martyrs, and Patriots|Nathan Bradley Bethea|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the many portraits, Picasso oscillates between naturalism and abstraction in his portraits of Jacqueline. Revealing The Unseen Picasso|Justin Jones|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Democrats have to stop allowing Republicans to define the election as an up or down vote on an abstraction called Obamacare. Democrats Must Run on Obamacare in November|Robert Shrum|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Only someone already painfully unable to deal with abstraction would draw such a suicidal conclusion. Richard Hofstadter and America’s New Wave of Anti-Intellectualism|David Masciotra|March 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST How much has been written on abstraction, generalization, and universals! Fundamental Philosophy, Vol. I (of 2)|Jaime Luciano Balmes Was it—could it be—some strange influence of the mind caused by constantly dwelling upon the abstraction of the poor-box money? A Little World|George Manville Fenn She saw that he seemed preoccupied, 233 and sought to draw him out of his abstraction. Whispering Smith|Frank H. Spearman This abstraction of vital power is frequently observed in young females married to very old men. Curiosities of Medical Experience|J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen Our companions were soon roused from their abstraction by the very unpleasant circumstances, and we hastily took counsel together.
British Dictionary definitions for abstraction
nounabsence 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 waygood and evil are abstractions logic an operator that forms a class name or predicate from any given expressionSee also lambda calculus an abstract painting, sculpture, etc the act of withdrawing or removing Derived forms of abstractionabstractive, adjectiveabstractively, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to abstractionremoteness, contemplation, reflection, reverie, thinking, absorption, daydreaming, aloofness, detachment, engrossment, musing, trance, consideration, cogitation, preoccupation, brooding, entrancement, pensiveness, pondering, reflecting Medical definitions for abstraction
n.Distillation or separation of the volatile constituents of a substance. Exclusive mental concentration; absent-mindedness. A malocclusion in which the teeth or associated structures are lower than their normal occlusal plane. The selection of a certain aspect of a concept from the whole. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |