Abstraction meaning

noun

1. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

   “he loved her only in the abstract--not in person”

   Synonymsabstract

2. the act of withdrawing or removing something

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

   Synonymsgeneralizationgeneralisation

4. an abstract painting

5. preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

   Synonymsabstractedness

6. a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

   Synonymsabstract entity