a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; he loved her only in the abstract--not in person
[ Syn: abstract ]
the act of withdrawing or removing something
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
[ Syn: generalization , generalisation ]
an abstract painting
preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
[ Syn: abstractedness ]
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
[ Syn: abstract entity ]