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abstraction n. [
abstract] a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
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abstraction n. the act of withdrawing or removing something
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abstraction n. [
generalization, generalisation] the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
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abstraction n. an abstract painting
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abstraction n. [
abstractedness] preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
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