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abstraction
/əbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩/
noun
The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
"Abstraction is necessary for the classification of things into genera and species."
Synonymsuniversalization
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