abstraction
Nouns
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(n) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- he loved her only in the abstract--not in person
- (n) the act of withdrawing or removing something
- (n) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances generalisation, generalization,
- (n) an abstract painting
- (n) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else abstractedness,
- (n) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples abstract entity,