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abstraction
  1. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
    1. (euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
    2. (engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
  2. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  3. 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. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  4. The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  5. An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  6. Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation. [First attested in the late 18th century.]
  7. (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects. [First attested in the early 20th century.]
  8. (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
  9. An idea of an unrealistic or visionary nature.
  10. The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the results of said process.
  11. (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
  12. (computing) 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.
  13. (computing) Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.
  14. Synonyms:
  15. Examples:
    1. “Thus Brierre de Boismont relates that a patient of his would sometimes be plunged into a state of abstraction, and remain immovable, with eyes fixed on vacancy.”
      “It appeared to him that his progress was at one time almost entirely suspended by the intense abstraction with which he pursued his mathematical studies.”
      “At first, the idea was vague and formless, a brilliant abstraction about the surface area of a sphere, which is three times larger than the surface area of a flat chip.”
abstract
  1. An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
    1. Concentrated essence of a product.
    2. (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
  3. An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
  4. The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
  5. (art) An abstract work of art. [First attested in the early 20th century.]
  6. (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “An abstract of this article has been recently published online.”
      “Philosophically speaking, a judge without an equipage might be the very abstract of piety or of uprightness.”
abstracter
  1. One who abstracts, or makes an abstract, as in records or documents. [First attested in the late 17th century.]
  2. Someone that finds and summarizes information for legal or insurance work.
  3. An accounting clerk who records payroll deductions.
abstractor
  1. Alternative form of abstracter [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
  2. (dated, historical, Britain) A clerk of a certain title or grade in the British civil service.
  3. Examples:
    1. “For example, we employ a full-time abstractor whose services include preparation of abstracts of title in many Louisiana parishes.”
      “The file was protected by a password known only to the individual abstractor.”
      “By the time the abstractor receives the letter and acts, the flow may have risen again.”
abstractionism
  1. The creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
  2. The presentation of ideas in an abstract manner. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
  3. Examples:
    1. “When local Poirier made the trip from minimal techno to hip hop, he made sure to keep his unearthly sense of abstractionism intact.”
      “I am convinced that anyone who admires abstractionism will take great pleasure in going deep into Zimmermann's world.”
      “In general, the show boxed the compass under the four strong winds of realism, expressionism, surrealism and abstractionism.”
abstractionist
  1. An idealist. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
  2. Someone who supports or creates abstract art.
abstractedness
  1. The state of being abstracted; abstract character. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It can carry with it aspects of arbitrariness or domineeringness, or whimsicality or abstractedness.”
      “Traces of a lingering girlish abstractedness are the only hint that she was in any way affected by this disturbing adventure.”
abstractum
  1. (philosophy) Something which is abstract or exists abstractly. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
abstractification
  1. The process of abstractifying or achieving abstracticism.
abstracticism
  1. The result of abstractification, making something abstract
abstractness
  1. The quality of being abstract. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The abstractness of the ideas.”
      “Yet even discounting the frequent abstractness and digressiveness of his writing style, he remains a somewhat elusive thinker.”
      “We can also see why the abstractness of intellectual property is not the crucial factor.”
abstractiveness
  1. The property of being abstractive.
abstractifications
  1. plural of abstractification
abstractionists
  1. plural of abstractionist
abstractionisms
  1. plural of abstractionism
abstracticisms
  1. plural of abstracticism
abstractnesses
abstractions
  1. plural of abstraction
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Viewed close up, they become satisfying linear abstractions in their own right, in shades of black, white and gray.”
      “Balke's careful, walking on eggshells piano etches graceful, poised lines or occasionally, prepared piano abstractions.”
      “But just as these dizzily warped abstractions threatened to become a redundant signature style, Davie discovered a way to move on.”
abstracta
  1. plural of abstractum
  2. Examples:
    1. “Help Sonic collect gems and rings while avoiding the badniks in this fast-paced conversion of the original abstracta game.”
      “So there were recognizable things such as lizards and squares, and realists argued that the abstracta of lizardom and squareness also had a real independent existence.”
abstractors
  1. plural of abstractor
abstracters
  1. plural of abstracter
abstracts
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