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- Dictionaryabstraction/əbˈstrakʃn/
noun
- 1. the quality of dealing with ideas rather than events: "topics will vary in degrees of abstraction"
- 2. freedom from representational qualities in art: "geometric abstraction has been a mainstay in her work"
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the action of removing or separating something from a place or context (= the situation, facts, words, etc. that exist around something), or something that is removed like this: Water abstraction from rivers is increasing, due to the rise in demand and increasing population density in the region.
The meaning of ABSTRACTION is the act or process of abstracting : the state of being abstracted. How to use abstraction in a sentence. Did you know?
Abstract things are sometimes defined as those things that do not exist in reality or exist only as sensory experiences, like the color red. That definition, however, suffers from the difficulty of deciding which things are real (i.e. which things exist in reality).
noun. an abstract or general idea or term. the act of considering something as a general quality or characteristic, apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances. an impractical idea; something visionary and unrealistic. the act of taking away or separating; withdrawal:
the action of removing or separating something from a place or context (= the situation, facts, words, etc. that exist around something), or something that is removed like this: Water abstraction from rivers is increasing, due to the rise in demand and increasing population density in the region.
An abstraction is something nonspecific, a concept that isn't concrete. It can also refer to the state of mind in which a person is not paying attention to something but is lost in thought or daydreaming.
An abstraction is a general idea rather than one relating to a particular object, person, or situation.
abstraction. noun. /æbˈstrækʃn/. /æbˈstrækʃn/. [countable, uncountable] (formal) a general idea not based on any particular real person, thing or situation; the quality of being abstract. Ideological abstractions are never going to attract many voters.
noun. /əbˈstrækʃn/ , /æbˈstrækʃn/ [countable, uncountable] (formal) a general idea not based on any particular real person, thing, or situation; the quality of being abstract. Want to learn more?
Abstraction is the process of generalising complex events in the real world to the abstract ideas that underly them, tucking away the complexities of the situation.
