Abstraction Definition

ăb-străkshən, əb-
abstractions
noun
abstractions
The act of abstracting or the state of having been abstracted.
American Heritage
An abstracting or being abstracted; removal.
Webster's New World
An abstract concept, idea, or term.
American Heritage
Formation of an idea, as of a quality or property of a thing, in such a way as to apprehend that quality or property apart from any particular instances of it in the material world.
Webster's New World
An idea so formed, or a word or term for it.
“honesty” and “whiteness” are abstractions.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Abstraction

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Singular:
abstraction
Plural:
abstractions

Origin of Abstraction

  • Either from Middle French or from Medieval Latin abstractio (“separation”), from Latin abstrahō (“to draw away”). Equivalent to abstract +‎ -tion.

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Abstraction Sentence Examples

  • In the case of solid figures a more difficult geometrical abstraction is involved.

  • The abstraction keeps moving forward, and the technology races to keep up.

  • By this theory, Hume is freed from all the problems of abstraction and judgment.

  • This, again, is a process of abstraction, the attainment of abstract ideas which, apart from the concrete individuals, are conceived as having a substantive existence.

  • Princess Mary roused him from his abstraction by drawing his attention to her nephew who had entered the room.

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NONION

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