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Textual thesaurus for "abstraction"

(noun) abstract entity

a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples


(noun) abstractedness

preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else


(noun) generalisation, generalization

the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances


(noun) abstract

a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

he loved her only in the abstract--not in person