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