noun
- A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance.
- usage: "he loved her only in the abstract-not in person"
- synonyms: abstract
- The act of withdrawing or removing something.
- The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances.
- synonyms: generalization, generalisation
- An abstract painting.
- Preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else.
- synonyms: abstractedness
- A general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples.
- synonyms: abstract entity
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