"abstractions" in the noun sense
1. abstraction, abstract
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
"he loved her only in the abstract
2. abstraction
the act of withdrawing or removing something
3. abstraction, generalization, generalisation
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
4. abstraction
an abstract painting
5. abstractedness, abstraction
preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
6. abstraction, abstract entity
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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