abstraction
ab·strac·tion
/æbˈstrækʃən/ noun , pl -tions
1 [ noncount ] : the act of obtaining or removing something from a source : the act of abstracting something
abstraction of data from hospital records
2 formal : a general idea or quality rather than an actual person, object, or event : an abstract idea or quality
[ count ] “Beauty” and “truth” are abstractions.
[ noncount ] the abstraction [=abstract quality] of his ideas
3 [ noncount ] somewhat formal : the state of someone who is not paying attention to what is happening or being said : an abstracted state
She gazed out the window in abstraction.
