abstraction
noun
[ əbˈstrakʃ(ə)n ]
• the quality of dealing with ideas rather than events.
• "topics will vary in degrees of abstraction"
• freedom from representational qualities in art.
• "geometric abstraction has been a mainstay in her work"
• a state of preoccupation.
• "she sensed his momentary abstraction"
Similar:
absent-mindedness,
distraction,
preoccupation,
daydreaming,
dreaminess,
inattentiveness,
inattention,
wool-gathering,
absence,
heedlessness,
obliviousness,
thoughtfulness,
pensiveness,
musing,
brooding,
absorption,
engrossment,
raptness,
• the process of considering something independently of its associations or attributes.
• "the question cannot be considered in abstraction from the historical context in which it was raised"
• the process of removing something, especially water from a river or other source.
• "the abstraction of water from springs and wells"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin abstractio(n- ), from the verb abstrahere ‘draw away’ (see abstract).
