Abstraction

What do we mean by abstraction?

The act of abstracting or the state of having been abstracted. noun

An abstract concept, idea, or term. noun

An abstract quality. noun

Preoccupation; absent-mindedness. noun

An abstract work of art. noun

The act of taking away or separating; the act of withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal, as of a part from a whole, or of one thing from another. noun

The act of abstracting or concentrating the attention on a part of a complex idea and neglecting the rest or supposing it away; especially, that variety of this procedure by which we pass from a more to a less determinate concept, from the particular to the general; the act or process of refining or sublimating. noun

A concept which is the product of an abstracting process; a metaphysical concept; hence, often, an idea which cannot lead to any practical result; a theoretical, impracticable notion; a formality; a fiction of metaphysics. noun

Inattention to present objects; the state of being engrossed with any matter to the exclusion of everything else; absence of mind: as, a fit of abstraction. noun

In distillation, the separation of volatile parts from those which are fixed. noun

In geology, the tapping of the head waters of one stream by another the erosive action of which is more rapid. noun

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal. noun

The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects. noun

An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature. noun

A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life. noun

Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects. noun

The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. noun

A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. noun

A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. 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.

Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.

A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.

The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.

An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.

Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.

An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.

A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.

An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.

The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.

The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.

Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances for the purpose of controlling the intellectual complexity of engineered systems, particularly software systems.

Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.

Polite way of say "bullshit" in academia. Urban Dictionary

A idea or thought but not existing Urban Dictionary

A form of art that allows plenty of freedom and flexibility for both the artist and audience to their own interpretation of the art's meaning and value. It is to not simply portray or replicate something of its realistic form but give insights to its value in a different dimension of thinking. Urban Dictionary

Name famed A Tribe Called Quest rapper Q-Tip refers to himself as. Originally The Abstract Poet and Kamaal the Abstract. Urban Dictionary

Of or pertaining to the formal aspect of art, emphasizing lines, colors, generalized or geometrical forms, etc... Urban Dictionary

Abstract in art: Abstract art is the subjective artwork with no defined process, strategy and/or technique label; it allows the viewer to interpret its meaning with his or her objective view of life in that specific art work; allowing artists to explore and represent a wide variety of pieces, from canvas and space to sculpture and more with no predetermined standard for good or bad art. Urban Dictionary

Basically it can be used sarcastically as another way of saying your art piece sucks.. Or it can be said as a compliment; it just depends on how you take it. Urban Dictionary

1. When someone thinks out of the box. Urban Dictionary

When you talk or think about something in the abstract, you talk or think about it in a general way, rather than considering particular things or events. Urban Dictionary

When somebody doesn't want you to take something seriously, they tell you to think abstract. So concrete thinking would be solid, or tight thinking, and abstract thinking would be liquid, or loose thinking (flexible). Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to abstraction:
abstraction, abstriction, abstraktion, attraction, distraction, obstruction, astriction, abstractive, obstriction, abstracting, abstractions, abstractor, substraction, abfraction, abstracto.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word abstraction:
figuration, expressionism, cadastral, minimalism, figurative, cubism, abstract, representational, surrealism, lambda, expressionist, layer, collage, lyrical, curated, conceptual, api, yields, geometric, periodic, painting, realism, canvas, modernist, kernel, hardware, hierarchy, projected, layers, imagery, logical, hal, shapes, logic, concepts, complexity, underlying, implementation, interface, modeling, geometry, color, art, database, linux, cognitive, mathematical, objects, domain, expression, representation, synthesis, gallery, principle, programming, concrete, variables, exhibition, minimal, radical, application, entity, entities, notion, hydrogen, java, object, exhibited, reality, painter, defined, sculpture, landscape, definition, libraries, formal, detail, variable, protocol, pure, artists, applications, paint, implemented, virtual, functions, code, visual, graphics, architecture, artistic, concept, context, software, thinking, allows, file, data, processes, colors.

Words that rhyme with abstraction:
action, reaction, traction, interaction, contraction, fraction, transaction, faction, attraction, infraction, distraction, satisfaction, extraction, inaction, dissatisfaction, retraction, taction, diffraction, exaction, subtraction, liquefaction, paction, overreaction, affirmative action, chain reaction, chemical reaction, capillary action, legal action, direct action, gravitational attraction, magnetic attraction, allergic reaction, law of mass action, nuclear reaction, physiological reaction, improper fraction, delayed action, simple fraction, common fraction, endothermic reaction, weak interaction, evasive action, out of action, coming attraction, photochemical reaction, plan of action, physical attraction, immune reaction, pump action, wasserman reaction, conversion reaction, proper fraction, scene of action, hypersensitivity reaction, possible action, complex fraction, accord and satisfaction, anxiety reaction, carrying into action, thermonuclear reaction, police action, conditioned reaction, slide action, insulin reaction, nuclear fusion reaction, social action, conditional reaction, decimal fraction, defense reaction, exothermic reaction, natural action, type i allergic reaction, continued fraction, fundamental interaction, strong interaction, x-ray diffraction, defence reaction, military action, uterine contraction, gravitational interaction, law of action and reaction, learned reaction, piano action, electromagnetic interaction, startle reaction, compound fraction, impossible action, party to the action, chemical action, chemical attraction, human action, man of action, group action, in full action, party to the transaction, classaction, telaction.

Adjectives that are often used to describe abstraction:
mere, pure, mathematical, mental, intellectual, complete, theoretical, metaphysical, philosophical, empty, geometric, logical, reflective, total, conceptual, level, vague, further, formal, scientific, deep, greater, simple, selective, cold, useful, false, functional, painterly, convenient, meaningless, procedural, extensive, excessive, geometrical, initial, profound, highest, extreme, artificial, unreal, absolute, temporal, gloomy, personified, verbal, perfect, symbolic, dreamy, statistical, theological, modernist, ultimate, ideal, analytical, rational, remote, visual, severe, academic, lifeless, philosophic, impersonal, linguistic, bare, intense, lyrical, empirical, progressive, order, numerical, radical.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective abstraction:
creation, comparison, control, refinement, based, the, generality, generalization, layer, applicant, result, level, concretion, lincoln, flexibility.

Consonant match to abstraction:
obstruction.

Words that sound like abstraction:
abstraction, abstractions, obstruction, substraction, abstracting, obstructions, abstract noun, attraction, distraction, subtraction, extraction, attraktion, abstract, abduction, abstractly, abstracts, obstructing, abstractor, astrakhan, abstracter, abstractionist, abstrakt.