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abstraction noun

  /æbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩/ , /əbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩/
  • The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  • The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
 abstraction

abstract adjective

  /əbˈstɹækt/ , /ˈæbˌstɹækt/ , /ˌæbˈstɹækt/
  • (now, rare) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  • Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
  • Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  • Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational. [First attested by Locke in 1689.]
  • (archaic) Absent-minded. [First attested in the early 16th century.]
  • (arts, often, capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
 abstrait

abstract noun

  /əbˈstɹækt/ , /ˈæbˌstɹækt/ , /ˌæbˈstɹækt/
  • An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
 résumé

abstract verb

  /əbˈstɹækt/ , /ˈæbˌstɹækt/ , /ˌæbˈstɹækt/
  • (transitive) To separate; to disengage. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  • (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
  • (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
 abstraire
  • To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
 distiller, abstraire
  • (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
 se retirer

abstracted adjective

  /æb.ˈstɹæk.tɪd/ , /əb.ˈstɹæk.tɪd/
  • Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
 distrait

abstractive adjective

  /æbˈstɹæk.tɪv/ , /əbˈstɹæk.tɪv/
  • Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
 abstractif
  • Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
 abstrait

abstractable

résumable
lambda abstraction
fonction anonyme

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abstraction noun {f}

  /ap.stʁak.sjɔ̃/
abstraction
faire abstraction
block out, disregard, ignore, take no account of
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