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abstraction

/æbstˈɹækʃən/ · 11 letters · 9 distinct letters

  1. noun

    a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

    he loved her only in the abstract, not in person

  2. noun

    the act of withdrawing or removing something

  3. noun

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

  4. noun

    an abstract painting

  5. noun

    preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

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