abstraction
[noun]
Synonyms:
- idea, concept, formula, generalization, hypothesis, notion, theorem, theory, thought
- absent-mindedness, absence, dreaminess, inattention, pensiveness, preoccupation, remoteness, woolgathering

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ab‧strac‧tion AC /əbˈstrækʃən, æb-/ noun

1. [countable] a general idea about a type of situation, thing, or person rather than a specific example from real life:
He’s always talking in abstractions.

2. [uncountable] when you do not notice what is happening around you because you are thinking carefully about something else:
She rocked the baby gently, gazing in abstraction at the flickering fire.

3. [uncountable] the use of shapes and patterns that do not look like real things

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