as in idea
something imagined or pictured in the mind
to a people who have lived under one dictatorship after another, democracy and freedom are mere abstractions
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Recent Examples of abstraction
After all, abstraction had been in the service of spiritual liberation and social emancipation since its inception, and had always appeared in opposition to the totally reified world of Duchamp’s readymade.
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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Share only what’s necessary for the integration to function, and protect proprietary logic and models behind secure abstraction layers.
—Bihag Karnani, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
These anxieties are not merely historical abstractions or distant lessons drawn from the broader Middle East.
—Sanam Vakil, Time, 26 June 2025
The sun is hardly novel subject matter, but Zea eludes cliché through abstraction.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Share only what’s necessary for the integration to function, and protect proprietary logic and models behind secure abstraction layers.
—Bihag Karnani, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
These anxieties are not merely historical abstractions or distant lessons drawn from the broader Middle East.
—Sanam Vakil, Time, 26 June 2025
The sun is hardly novel subject matter, but Zea eludes cliché through abstraction.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abstraction
Noun
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Send ideas and tips to [email protected].—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
23 July 2025
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What does the heat index chart look like? To get an idea of how air temperatures and humidity levels produce apparent temperatures, here is the NWS' heat index chart.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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One of the biggest challenges Pavone faced after launching was educating the consumer around this new concept.—
Yola Robert,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The new concept comes six months after the owner of Explorium Brewing purchased Good City Brewing's four locations and its brands.—
Jordyn Noennig,
jsonline.com,
14 July 2025
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The competition helped show off talent from everyday students who, free from conceptions around grades or college concerns, are kids who care about the U.S. and its history.—
Gabrielle Gillette,
Oc Register,
9 July 2025
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Their conception of the future was published on the cover of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which portrayed a clock set at seven minutes to midnight.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The franchise’s purchase by Disney in 2012 likely subconsciously reinforced the notion that Star Wars is popcorn, family entertainment, not the meaty material that wins acting awards.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
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Cue a slapdash kidnapping and a quest to verify his identity prior to burying him alive, which brings together a rag-tag gang—a bookshop owner, a photographer, her ex, and a bride-to-be—all of whom suffered at the same man’s hands and have their own notions of justice.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
21 July 2025
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The bandmates piggyback off each other’s thoughts and finish one another’s sentences without any interjection feeling like an interruption.—
Leah Lu,
Rolling Stone,
15 July 2025
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Wang — who was born in Shanghai and grew up in the small town of Northfield, Minn., before moving on to college at New York University — is still humbled by the thought of how many people auditioned for the role.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Twenty-seven years ago, Armageddon benefited from a marketing campaign that left a lasting impression.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
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Older people often bring up how the U.S. helped Kosovo, and that left a strong impression.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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“Abstraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstraction. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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