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nounpreoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
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nounthe process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
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nouna general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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nouna concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
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nounan abstract painting
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nounthe act of withdrawing or removing something
Definition that contains abstraction
- thing a special abstraction
- dream a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
- picture a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- teacher a personified abstraction that teaches
- image a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- relation an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
- icon a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- attribute an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
- brancusi Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957)
- objectification the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing