abstraction
noun
an abstract or general idea or term.
abstractions
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pluralof abstraction.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The lack of recognition, Feldman argues, reverberates through Caland’s heavily impastoed portraits of Moses and her enigmatic late abstractions such as the rectilinear paintings in the “Silent Letter Series.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
For troops’ families, such abstractions, repeated in media discourse, have concrete consequences when their loved ones don’t come home on time.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
First, practice distinguishing between what the Constitution says and what judges and justices say about the Constitution, a document riddled with aspirational vagaries and flexible abstractions.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Creating these abstractions involves difficult maths, but essentially they filter out useless information, just leaving the AI with useful pictures of the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Equality is just another one of her abstractions.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
