1. (

• abstraction ,
• abstract

) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract;

2. (

• abstraction

) the act of withdrawing or removing something ;

3. (

• abstraction ,
• generalization ,
• generalisation ,

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

4. (

• abstraction

) an abstract painting ;

5. (

• abstractedness ,
• abstraction ,

) preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else ;

6. (

• abstraction ,
• abstract_entity

) a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples ;