abstraction
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(noun) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples |
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Related Words: amount, attribute, measure, quantity, quantum, relation, set, space, time |
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(noun) the act of extracting something |
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Synonyms: extraction |
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Related Words: remotion, removal |
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(noun) an abstract painting |
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Related Words: painting, picture |
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(noun) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances |
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Synonyms: generalization |
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Related Words: theorisation, theorization |
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(noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
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Synonyms: abstract |
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Related Words: absolute, concept, conception, construct, right, teacher, thing |
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(noun) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else |
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Synonyms: abstractedness |
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Related Words: absorption, engrossment, preoccupancy, preoccupation, reverie, revery |
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