abstraction

nouns

a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
"he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
abstract, abstraction
is derived from
abstract
the act of withdrawing or removing something
abstraction
is a type of (narrower)
the act of removing
"he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"
remotion, removal
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
abstraction, generalisation, generalization
is derived from
abstract
an abstract painting
abstraction
is a type of (narrower)
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
"a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
painting, picture
preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
abstractedness, abstraction
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
abstract entity, abstraction
is derived from
abstract