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
The graphical user interface, which Apple popularized, adapted that file-and-folder paradigm into an abstraction of a desktop, where users would click and move those files around.
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
Leverage Progressive Abstraction Progressive abstraction lets internal platforms scale with developer maturity.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
But that was an abstraction that wouldn’t work in live action.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 7 June 2025
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.
—Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
Leverage Progressive Abstraction Progressive abstraction lets internal platforms scale with developer maturity.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
But that was an abstraction that wouldn’t work in live action.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 7 June 2025
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.
—Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abstraction
Noun
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In those decades, Americans were fighting over some big ideas.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Aug. 2025
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Wellness festivals not going well Jewel had come up with an idea for a wellness festival alongside Trevor Drinkwater, CEO of Inclusion Companies.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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An earlier Cadillac concept called Opulent Velocity debuted at the Quail last year.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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Koziol and his father built another novel residential concept for the area in 2019.—
Katie Nixon,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Adding condoms not only decreases your risk of conception but also adds protection against STIs.—
Jill Grimes,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
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Infinity has established itself in part due to its showcasing of the entire production pipeline, from conception to final cut.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
12 Aug. 2025
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Anybody walking the convention floor will immediately be dispelled of the notion that events like GalaxyCon are only for teenaged boys and middle-aged men nostalgic for their own youth.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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And that is the most important thing here: if FIFA changes its rules and takes away the notion that a ‘host nation’ would have to give its explicit approval for a match like this to take place in its country, that would completely undermine its members, and that should prompt a huge backlash.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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What are your thoughts regarding that approach in general and also specifically on Oahu?—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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But it’s been part of Jewish thought for centuries.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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Very much the face of VSL in Espanyol right now, Watt has made a good impression.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Others argue that everyone up to Perez has finally come to share many of Ancelotti’s impressions and accepted that significant investment was required, particularly in defence.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Abstraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstraction. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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