ABSTRACTION

11 letters 15 Scrabble points /əbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩/

Definition of ABSTRACTION

noun
  1. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.

  2. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.

  3. 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.

    "Abstraction is necessary for the classification of things into genera and species."

Related words: universalization

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters A B S T R A C T I O N
Length 11 letters
Scrabble Score 15 points

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