Abstraction is the process of generalizing rules and concepts from specific examples, literal (real or concrete) signifiers, first principles, or other methods.

Dec 26, 2016 · From its roots, abstraction should mean basically "something pulled or drawn away". So abstract art is art that has moved away from painting objects of the ordinary …

“Beauty” and “truth” are abstractions. She gazed out the window in abstraction.

ABSTRACTION definition: 1. the quality of existing as or representing an idea, a feeling, etc. and not a material object…. Learn more.

Definition of abstraction noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [countable, uncountable] (formal) a general idea not based on any particular real person, thing or situation; …

Dec 11, 2025 · abstraction (countable and uncountable, plural abstractions) The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.

An abstraction is a general idea rather than one relating to a particular object, person, or situation.