“Abstraction (noun) The mental separating of common attributes or qualities from distinct, individual objects or beings, or of concepts from particular exemplars; word denoting an idea or intangible quality as opposed to something concrete. Adjective: abstract; Adverb: Abstractly.”
Excerpted from: Grambs, David. The Random House Dictionary for Writers and Readers. New York: Random House, 1990.
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