abstraction
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
he loved her only in the abstract--not in person
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Sense 2 noun
the act of withdrawing or removing something
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Sense 3 noun
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
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Sense 4 noun
an abstract painting
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Sense 5 noun
preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
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Sense 6 noun
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstract |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstract |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstract |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | conception |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | right |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | absolute |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | teacher |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thing |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | removal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstract |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalize |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | theorization |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | painting |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | absentminded |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | preoccupancy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | revery |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | abstract |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | entity |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | psychological feature |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | attribute |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | group |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | relation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | communication |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | quantity |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | otherworld |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | set |