ABSTRACTIONS

12 letters 16 Scrabble points

Definition of ABSTRACTIONS

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 S
Length 12 letters
Scrabble Score 16 points