1. A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
   - abstract 
2. The act of withdrawing or removing something 
3. The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
   - generalization, generalisation [Brit] 
4. An abstract painting 
5. Preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
   - abstractedness 
6. A general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
   - abstract entity

Derived forms: abstractions

See also: abstract

Type of: absorption, concept, conception, construct, engrossment, entity, painting, picture, preoccupancy, preoccupation, remotion, removal, theorisation [Brit], theorization

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