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1. abstraction
noun. ['æbˈstrækʃən'] a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance.
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Rhymes with Abstraction
- dissatisfaction
- satisfaction
- liquefaction
- transaction
- subtraction
- extraction
- distraction
- contraction
- retraction
- infraction
- diffraction
- classaction
- telaction
- interaction
- exaction
- attraction
- reaction
- inaction
- fraction
- faction
Sentences with abstraction
1. Noun, singular or mass
New forms of music also spring from the idea of conceptual reasoning and the way it works within abstraction.
Quotes about abstraction
1. Why must art be static? You look at an abstraction, sculptured or painted, an entirely exciting arrangement of planes, spheres, nuclei, entirely without meaning. It would be perfect, but it is always still. The next step in sculpture is motion.
- Alexander Calder
2. I understood what he was doing, that he had spent four years fulfilling the absurd and tedious duty of graduating from college and now he was emancipated from that world of abstraction, false security, parents, and material excess.
- Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
3. abstraction
noun. ['æbˈstrækʃən'] the act of withdrawing or removing something.
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5. abstraction
noun. ['æbˈstrækʃən'] the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances.
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6. abstraction
noun. ['æbˈstrækʃən'] a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples.
