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Abstraction
01
a general concept or idea that is not tied to any specific instance or physical form
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
abstractions
Examples
The notion of freedom is an abstraction that has been interpreted differently across cultures and eras.
02
the act of withdrawing or removing something
03
an abstract painting
04
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
05
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
06
preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
Lexical Tree
abstractionism
abstractionist
abstraction
abstract
