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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                                                an abstract painting
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                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