Synonyms for abstraction
æbˈstræk ʃənab·strac·tion

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1. abstractionnoun

   Antonyms:
   concretization, specialization

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abstraction

   Synonyms:
   separation, purloining, removal, appropriation, generalization, classification, reverie, absorption, inattention, absence

   Antonyms:
   addition, conjunction, union, adduction, importation, restoration, restitution, individualization, enumeration, analysis, specification, observation, attention

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1. abstraction, abstractnoun

   a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

   "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"

   Synonyms:
   generalisation, generalization, abstract, abstract entity, outline, synopsis, precis, abstractedness

2. abstractionnoun

   the act of withdrawing or removing something

   Synonyms:
   abstract entity, generalisation, abstractedness, generalization, abstract

3. abstraction, generalization, generalisationnoun

   the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

   Synonyms:
   generalisation, generalization, generality, abstract, abstract entity, stimulus generalization, induction, abstractedness, stimulus generalisation, inductive reasoning

4. abstractionnoun

   an abstract painting

   Synonyms:
   abstract entity, generalisation, abstractedness, generalization, abstract

5. abstractedness, abstractionnoun

   preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

   Synonyms:
   generalization, abstract entity, generalisation, abstractedness, abstract

6. abstraction, abstract entitynoun

   a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

   Synonyms:
   abstract entity, generalisation, abstractedness, generalization, abstract

Matched Categories

1. • Concept
   • Painting
   • Preoccupation
   • Removal
   • Theorization

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abstractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   separation, disconnection, disjunction, isolation

2. abstractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   preoccupation, inattention, revery, musing, muse, absence, absence of mind, brown study

3. abstractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   taking, abduction, seizure, appropriation, stealing, purloining, pilfering

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1. abstractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   separation, disconnection, withdrawal, inattention, absent-mindedness, preoccupation, musing, defiliation, purloining, seizure, stealing

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1. List of paraphrases for "abstraction":

   extraction, capture, removal, abduction, abstract

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How to use abstraction in a sentence?

1. Justin Mankin:

   One of the challenges is the abstraction that global warming presents. What is increasingly clear is that those impacts are not felt equally across the world.

2. Havelock Ellis:

   Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

3. Cobb Scott:

   There have been a couple of meta-analyses done in adult samples, but this is the first one to be done specifically in adolescent and young adult samples, we looked at everything from learning and memory to different aspects of executive functioning such as abstraction ability.

4. Henry Havelock Ellis:

   Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life, it is life itself.

5. Mark Evans:

   Botticelli fell, sank from sight for nearly 300 years. In the early 19th century he was rediscovered. The Pre-Raphaelites of course fetishised him, in the era of abstraction, Botticelli again receded into the shadows but, with pop art, he came out fighting and of course he's now one of the most celebrated global phenomena in art.