abstraction

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.

   the act of withdrawing or removing something

2. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.

   (countable, euphemistic, uncountable)The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.

3. (countable, uncountable)Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.

4. (countable, uncountable)A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.

   a hermit’s abstraction

5. (countable, uncountable)The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.

   Holonym: induction

   Abstraction is necessary for the classification of things into genera and species.

6. (countable, uncountable)Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.

7. (countable, uncountable)A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.

8. (countable, uncountable)The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.

9. (countable, uncountable)An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.

   to fight for mere abstractions

   an abstract painting

10. (countable, uncountable)Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.

11. (countable, uncountable)An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.

12. (countable, uncountable)A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.

1. This is an example of abstraction.

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2. With time, living nightmares become abstractions.

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3. Classical liberalism deifies abstractions and objectifies humans.

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4. This whole matter is a mere abstraction for you.

   deDiese ganze Sache ist für dich nur losgelöst von der Wirklichkeit.

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5. Fascists are enabled by liberals' preference for abstractions over people.

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