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abstraction

[ ab-strak-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an abstract or general idea or term.
  2. the act of considering something as a general quality or characteristic, apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances.
  3. an impractical idea; something visionary and unrealistic.
  4. the act of taking away or separating; withdrawal:

    The sensation of cold is due to the abstraction of heat from our bodies.

  5. secret removal, especially theft.
  6. absent-mindedness; inattention; mental absorption.
  7. Fine Arts.
    1. the abstract qualities or characteristics of a work of art.
    2. a work of art, especially a nonrepresentational one, stressing formal relationships.


abstraction

/ æbˈstrækʃən /

noun

  1. absence of mind; preoccupation
  2. the process of formulating generalized ideas or concepts by extracting common qualities from specific examples
  3. an idea or concept formulated in this way

    good and evil are abstractions

  4. logic an operator that forms a class name or predicate from any given expression See also lambda calculus
  5. an abstract painting, sculpture, etc
  6. the act of withdrawing or removing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • abˈstractively, adverb
  • abˈstractive, adjective
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Other Words From

  • ab·straction·al adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of abstraction1

First recorded in 1540–50; from Late Latin abstractiōn-, stem of abstractiō “separation,” literally, “a drawing off,” from abstract(us) “drawn off” + -iō noun suffix; abstract -ion
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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.

From BBC

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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