Abstraction

Noun

 * 1) The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.
 * 2)  The act of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis.
 * 3) An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions.
 * 4) A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction.
 * 5) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
 * 6) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. - "[Modern]"
 * 7)  A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. - Nicholson
 * 8)  Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer, typically for industrial or agricultural uses.
 * 9)  Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances for the purpose of controlling the intellectual complexity of engineered systems, particularly software systems.
 * 10)  Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.

Adjectives for Abstraction
mysterious; intense; subtle; hazy; sublime; unquiet; meaningless; thoughtful; dreamy; noble; mythical; shadowy; gloomy; statistical; far-off; eerie;  stony;  melancholy; moody; tight-lipped; deep; dull; pernicious; wistful: lenethy: grandiose: grave; wonted;

Thesaurus
ablation; abrasion; absence of mind; absentmindedness; absorption; abstract; abstract idea; abstractedness; abulia; alienation; altarpiece; analysis; annexation; anxiety; anxiety equivalent; anxiety state; apathy; appropriation; bemusement; block print; boosting; bromide; brown study; castle-building; catatonic stupor; cliche; close study; collage; color print; commonplace; compulsion; concentration; contemplativeness; conversion; conveyance; copy; cyclorama; daub; daydream; daydreamer; daydreaming; deduction; deep thought; dejection; depression; depth of thought; detachment; diptych; disarticulation; disassociation; disconnectedness; disconnection; discontinuity; disengagement; disjointing; disjunction; dislocation; disunion; division; divorce; divorcement; doctrinairism; doctrinality; doctrinarity; dream; dreaming; elation; embezzlement; emotionalism; engraving; engrossment; erosion; euphoria; explanation; fantasy; fantasying; filching; fit of abstraction; folie du doute; fraud; fresco; general idea; generalization; generalized proposition; glittering generality; graft; hackneyed expression; hypochondria; hysteria; hysterics; icon; illumination; illustration; image; incoherence; indifference; insensibility; isolation; lethargy; liberation; lieu commun; lifting; likeness; locus communis; luxation; mania; melancholia; melancholy; mental distress; mere theory; miniature; montage; mooning; moonraking; mosaic; mural; muse; musefulness; musing; muted ecstasy; obsession; panorama; parting; partition; pathological indecisiveness; pensiveness; photograph; picture; pilferage; pilfering; pinching; pipe dream; pipe-dreaming; platitude; poaching; preoccupation; print; profound thought; psychalgia; psychomotor disturbance; purification; refinement; reflectiveness; removal; representation; reproduction; reverie; scrounging; segmentation; separation; separatism; shoplifting; snatching; sneak thievery; snitching; speculation; speculativeness; stained glass window; stargazing; stealage; stealing; stencil; still life; study; stupor; subdivision; subduction; sublation; subtraction; sweeping statement; swindle; swiping; tableau; taking away; tapestry; theft; theoretic; theoretical basis; theoretics; theoria; theoric; theorization; theory; thievery; thieving; thoughtfulness; tic; tired cliche; trance; triptych; truism; twitching; unresponsiveness; wall painting; wistfulness; withdrawal; woolgathering; zoning

Etymology
Compare French abstraction. See the adjective abstract.

Derived terms

 * abstractional
 * abstractionism
 * abstractionist
 * abstractive

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: abstracció
 * Dutch: abstractie
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: הפשטה (hafshat'a)


 * Interlingua: abstraction
 * Italian:
 * Novial: abstraktione
 * Persian: تجرید
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) abstraction