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1. A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
   "he loved her only in the abstraction--not in person";
   - abstract
    
2. The act of withdrawing or removing something
    
3. The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
   - generalization, generalisation [Brit]
    
4. An abstract work of art
    
5. Preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
   - abstractedness
    
6. A general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
   - abstract entity

Derived forms: abstractions

Type of: absorption, concept, conception, construct, engrossment, entity, painting, picture, preoccupancy, preoccupation, remotion, removal, theorisation [Brit], theorization

Encyclopedia: Abstraction