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Synonyms for abstraction
æbˈstræk ʃənab·strac·tion

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. abstractionnoun

    Antonyms:
    concretization, specialization

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. abstraction, abstractnoun

    a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

    "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"

    Synonyms:
    generalisation, generalization, abstract, abstract entity, outline, synopsis, precis, abstractedness

  2. abstractionnoun

    the act of withdrawing or removing something

    Synonyms:
    abstract entity, generalisation, abstractedness, generalization, abstract

  3. abstraction, generalization, generalisationnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    generalisation, generalization, generality, abstract, abstract entity, stimulus generalization, induction, abstractedness, stimulus generalisation, inductive reasoning

  4. abstractionnoun

    an abstract painting

    Synonyms:
    abstract entity, generalisation, abstractedness, generalization, abstract

  5. abstractedness, abstractionnoun

    preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

    Synonyms:
    generalization, abstract entity, generalisation, abstractedness, abstract

  6. abstraction, abstract entitynoun

    a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

    Synonyms:
    abstract entity, generalisation, abstractedness, generalization, abstract

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. abstractionnoun

    Synonyms:
    separation, disconnection, disjunction, isolation

  2. abstractionnoun

    Synonyms:
    preoccupation, inattention, revery, musing, muse, absence, absence of mind, brown study

  3. abstractionnoun

    Synonyms:
    taking, abduction, seizure, appropriation, stealing, purloining, pilfering

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. abstractionnoun

    Synonyms:
    separation, disconnection, withdrawal, inattention, absent-mindedness, preoccupation, musing, defiliation, purloining, seizure, stealing

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "abstraction":

    extraction, capture, removal, abduction, abstract

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How to use abstraction in a sentence?

  1. Abraham Harold Maslow:

    Become aware of internal, subjective subverbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc., with the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of control to be exerted over these hither unconscious and uncontrollable processes

  2. Cobb Scott:

    We looked at everything from learning and memory to different aspects of executive functioning such as abstraction ability, and we basically showed that the largest effects -- which was around a third of a standard deviation -- was in the learning of new information and some aspects of executive functioning, memory and speed of processing.

  3. Justin Mankin:

    One of the challenges is the abstraction that global warming presents. What is increasingly clear is that those impacts are not felt equally across the world.

  4. Abraham Maslow:

    Become aware of internal, subjective, sub-verbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc. with the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of control to be exerted over these hitherto unconscious and uncontrollable processes.

  5. Dag Hammarskjöld:

    The UN is not just a product of do-gooders. It is harshly real. The day will come when men will see the U.N. and what it means clearly. Everything will be all right -- you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction, and see it as a drawing they made themselves.


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