abstraction

Noun
  1. A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance (synset 105862715)
    "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
    is a type of: concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
    subtypes:
    • right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
    • absolute - something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative
    • teacher - a personified abstraction that teaches
    • thing - a special abstraction
    same as: abstract
  2. The act of withdrawing or removing something (synset 100393656)
    is a type of: remotion, removal - the act of removing
  3. The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances (synset 105788101)
    is a type of: theorisation, theorization - the production or use of theories
    same as: generalisation, generalization
  4. An abstract painting (synset 102671631)
    is a type of: painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
  5. Preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else (synset 105708590)
    is a type of: absorption, engrossment, preoccupancy, preoccupation - the mental state of being preoccupied by something
    subtypes: reverie, revery - an abstracted state of absorption
    same as: abstractedness
  6. A general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples (synset 100002137)
    is a type of: entity - that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
    subtypes:
    • psychological feature - a feature of the mental life of a living organism
    • attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
    • group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
    • relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
    • communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
    • amount, measure, quantity - how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
    • otherworld - an abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality
    • set - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
    same as: abstract entity

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