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Synonyms for abstraction
æbˈstræk ʃənab·strac·tion
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Wiktionary
abstractionnoun
Antonyms:
concretization, specialization
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
abstraction
Synonyms:
separation, purloining, removal, appropriation, generalization, classification, reverie, absorption, inattention, absenceAntonyms:
addition, conjunction, union, adduction, importation, restoration, restitution, individualization, enumeration, analysis, specification, observation, attention
Princeton's WordNet
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, abstractednessabstractionnoun
the act of withdrawing or removing something
Synonyms:
abstract entity, generalisation, abstractedness, generalization, abstractabstraction, 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 reasoningabstractionnoun
an abstract painting
Synonyms:
abstract entity, generalisation, abstractedness, generalization, abstractabstractedness, abstractionnoun
preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
Synonyms:
generalization, abstract entity, generalisation, abstractedness, abstractabstraction, abstract entitynoun
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
Synonyms:
abstract entity, generalisation, abstractedness, generalization, abstract
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
abstractionnoun
Synonyms:
separation, disconnection, disjunction, isolationabstractionnoun
Synonyms:
preoccupation, inattention, revery, musing, muse, absence, absence of mind, brown studyabstractionnoun
Synonyms:
taking, abduction, seizure, appropriation, stealing, purloining, pilfering
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
abstractionnoun
Synonyms:
separation, disconnection, withdrawal, inattention, absent-mindedness, preoccupation, musing, defiliation, purloining, seizure, stealing
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "abstraction":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1475 | abstract | |
#2902 | removal | |
#3692 | classification | |
#4006 | capture | |
#4642 | absence | |
#5440 | outline | |
#6234 | separation | |
#6786 | synopsis | |
#8602 | extraction | |
#8673 | induction | |
#9691 | absorption | |
#11859 | appropriation | |
#15864 | abstraction | |
#23656 | generalization | |
#23786 | abduction | |
#30527 | generality | |
#53834 | reverie | |
#63595 | generalisation | |
#71378 | precis | |
#75377 | inattention |
How to use abstraction in a sentence?
The main thing that’s killing 500,000 people in Nigeria, it’s not an abstraction, abstractions do n’t kill people. People kill people. And the people who are killing people are doing it in the name of religion.
Become aware of internal, subjective subverbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc., with the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of control to be exerted over these hither unconscious and uncontrollable processes
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.
Because the results are expressed in numbers, it is easy to make the mistake of thinking that the intelligence test is a measure like a foot ruler or a pair of scales. It is, of course, a quite different sort of measure. Intelligence is not an abstraction like length and weight; it is an exceedingly complicated notion - which nobody has yet succeeded in defining.
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.
Translations for abstraction
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- абстра́кцияBulgarian
- abstraccióCatalan, Valencian
- AbstraktionGerman
- αφαίρεσηGreek
- abstracciónSpanish
- abstraktsioon, üldistus, hajameelsusEstonian
- تجریدPersian
- abstrahointiFinnish
- abstractionFrench
- abstracciónGalician
- הפשטהHebrew
- मतिहीनताHindi
- elvonatkoztatás, absztrakcióHungarian
- abstractionInterlingua
- astrazioneItalian
- abstraksjonNorwegian
- abstractieDutch
- abstraksjonNorwegian Nynorsk
- abstraccionOccitan
- abstrakcjaPolish
- abstraçãoPortuguese
- abstracțieRomanian
- абстра́кцияRussian
- تجریUrdu
- dezugam, dezugotVolapük
- 抽象Chinese
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