abstraction

Noun

• a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

• preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

• an abstract painting

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

• the act of withdrawing or removing something

• a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
  • he loved her only in the abstract--not in person
    

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• Synonyms: 
  abstract entity , abstractedness , generalization , generalisation , abstract