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abstraction


 
  Grep  of  noun  abstraction 
  abstraction 
  abstractionism 
  abstractionist 
  semi-abstraction 
 
  Overview  of  noun  abstraction 
 
  The  noun  abstraction  has  6  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (5)  abstraction,  abstract  --  (a  concept  or  idea  not  associated  with  any  specific  instance;  "he  loved  her  only  in  the  abstract--not  in  person") 
  2.  (3)  abstraction  --  (the  act  of  withdrawing  or  removing  something) 
  3.  (2)  abstraction,  generalization,  generalisation  --  (the  process  of  formulating  general  concepts  by  abstracting  common  properties  of  instances) 
  4.  (2)  abstraction  --  (an  abstract  painting) 
  5.  abstractedness,  abstraction  --  (preoccupation  with  something  to  the  exclusion  of  all  else) 
  6.  abstraction  --  (a  general  concept  formed  by  extracting  common  features  from  specific  examples) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  abstraction 
  abstractionist 
 
  Overview  of  noun  abstraction 
 
  The  noun  abstraction  has  6  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (5)  abstraction,  abstract  --  (a  concept  or  idea  not  associated  with  any  specific  instance;  "he  loved  her  only  in  the  abstract--not  in  person") 
  2.  (3)  abstraction  --  (the  act  of  withdrawing  or  removing  something) 
  3.  (2)  abstraction,  generalization,  generalisation  --  (the  process  of  formulating  general  concepts  by  abstracting  common  properties  of  instances) 
  4.  (2)  abstraction  --  (an  abstract  painting) 
  5.  abstractedness,  abstraction  --  (preoccupation  with  something  to  the  exclusion  of  all  else) 
  6.  abstraction  --  (a  general  concept  formed  by  extracting  common  features  from  specific  examples) 



abstraction definition