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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
/ æbˈstrækʃən /
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
Derived Forms
- abˈstractively, adverb
- abˈstractive, adjective
Other Words From
- ab·straction·al adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of abstraction1
Example Sentences
Numerous painters in the first half of the 20th century pondered the question of sonic abstraction as a guide to making unprecedented art, proposing a wide variety of abstract rhythms of shape and color.
She was both the very famous star of Paris’s Folies Bergère and an icon of the Art Nouveau movement, with an eye toward the possibilities abstraction held for dance.
The 20th century had seen pure abstraction claimed as visual art’s pinnacle.
Sinkholes can be formed by gradual dissolution happening underground, but they can also be caused by heavy rain or surface flooding, construction work, leaking drainage pipes, burst water mains and groundwater abstraction, the BGS said.
The media and punditry’s other problem is their need to reduce social groups into simple binaries and abstractions that can provide a clean narrative but impose an incorrect logic on how America’s polity votes.
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