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Abstraction
əbˈstrakʃn
Abstraction definitions
noun
abstraction
abstractions
- the quality of dealing with ideas rather than events
"topics will vary in degrees of abstraction"
- something which exists only as an idea
"the question can no longer be treated as an academic abstraction"
- freedom from representational qualities in art
"geometric abstraction has been a mainstay in her work"
- an abstract work of art
"critics sought the meaning of O'Keeffe's abstractions"
- a state of preoccupation
"she sensed his momentary abstraction"
absent-mindedness distraction preoccupation daydreaming dreaminess inattentiveness inattention wool-gathering absence heedlessness obliviousness - the process of considering something independently of its associations or attributes
"the question cannot be considered in abstraction from the historical context in which it was raised"
- the process of removing something, especially water from a river or other source
"the abstraction of water from springs and wells"