Abstraction involves induction of ideas or the synthesis of particular facts into one general theory about something. Its opposite, specification, is the analysis or breaking-down of a general idea …

To create artistic abstractions of (something else, such as a concrete object or another style): "The Bauhaus Functionalists were ... busy unornamenting and abstracting modern …

The verb abstract is used to mean “summarize,” as in “abstracting an academic paper.” This meaning is a figurative derivative of the verb’s meanings “to remove” or “to separate.”

Abstraction is the process of generalising complex events in the real world to the concepts that underly them, tucking away the complexities of the situation. This may sound a little, …

Abstraction, the cognitive process of isolating, or “abstracting,” a common feature or relationship observed in a number of things, or the product of such a process. The property of electrical …

ABSTRACTION definition: an abstract or general idea or term. See examples of abstraction used in a sentence.

One of the problems of modern art for many people is its abstraction. The exhibit features abstractions by one of America's best-known post-war artists. He talked about his love for the …