Definition of abstraction

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Abstraction (a.) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.

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#NAME? :: -ion () A noun suffix denoting act, process, result of an act or a process, thing acted upon, state, or condition; as, revolution, the act or process of revolving; construction, the act or process of constructing; a thing constructed; dominion, territory ruled over; subjection, state of being subject; dejection; abstraction..
Congelation :: Congelation (n.) The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing..
Staringly :: Stargasing (n.) Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction..
Self-involution :: Self-involution (n.) Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie..
Literalism :: Literalism (n.) The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization..
Defiliation :: Defiliation (n.) Abstraction of a child from its parents.
Abstractionist :: Abstractionist (n.) An idealist.
Precisive :: Precisive (a.) Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose; as, precisive censure; precisive abstraction..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal..
Detachment :: Detachment (n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
Freeze :: Freeze (v. t.) To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects..
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction..
Abstract :: Abstract (v. t.) To perform the process of abstraction.
Freeze :: Freeze (v. i.) To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be hardened into ice or a like solid body.
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.
Defalcation :: Defalcation (n.) An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement..
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