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Word: Abstraction
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Latin abstractio(n-), from the verb abstrahere ‘draw away’ (see abstract)
əbˈstrakʃn
the quality of dealing with ideas rather than events
Short Definition:theoretical treatment
Examples:- topics will vary in degrees of abstraction
freedom from representational qualities in art
Short Definition:style of art
Examples:- geometric abstraction has been a mainstay in her work
a state of preoccupation
Short Definition:preoccupied state
Examples:- she sensed his momentary abstraction
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
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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