Abstraction Word Meaning

Word: Abstraction
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:

late Middle English: from Latin abstractio(n-), from the verb abstrahere ‘draw away’ (see abstract)

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: əbˈstrakʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:

the quality of dealing with ideas rather than events

Short Definition:

theoretical treatment

Examples:
  • topics will vary in degrees of abstraction
Definition:

freedom from representational qualities in art

Short Definition:

style of art

Examples:
  • geometric abstraction has been a mainstay in her work
Definition:

a state of preoccupation

Short Definition:

preoccupied state

Examples:
  • she sensed his momentary abstraction
Definition:

the process of considering something independently of its associations or attributes

Short Definition:

consideration of something

Examples:
  • the question cannot be considered in abstraction from the historical context in which it was raised
Definition:

the process of removing something, especially water from a river or other source

Short Definition:

removal of something

Examples:
  • the abstraction of water from springs and wells
  • abstractions from the Lowther in Cumbria

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