Abstraction Synonyms and Antonyms

ăb-străkshən, əb-
An abstract idea
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. concept
  2. idea
  3. notion
  4. abstract
  5. generalization
  6. generality
  7. doctrinairism
  8. abulia
  9. disconnectedness
  10. generalisation
  11. doctrinality
  12. stealage
  13. theoria
Preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. abstractedness
A general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. abstract entity
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. theoric

Words Related to Abstraction

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Abstraction Sentence Examples

  • In the case of solid figures a more difficult geometrical abstraction is involved.

  • The abstraction keeps moving forward, and the technology races to keep up.

  • By this theory, Hume is freed from all the problems of abstraction and judgment.

  • This, again, is a process of abstraction, the attainment of abstract ideas which, apart from the concrete individuals, are conceived as having a substantive existence.

  • Princess Mary roused him from his abstraction by drawing his attention to her nephew who had entered the room.

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