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
For her part, Benglis has six bronze sculptures, completed between 2021 and 2024, that play off Pendleton’s canvases, showcasing their different approaches to abstraction.
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Karen K. Ho For Artnews, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
What was once an unacceptable abstraction is now no more mysterious than a power tool, and just as essential for building anything ambitious.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Their poll measured everything from favorite color to painting size to preferences for realism or abstraction.
—Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
For example, Johnson has embraced what art historians call gestural abstraction, a spontaneous style of smearing, pouring or dribbling paint on canvas, pioneered by artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, who also incorporated figures into his expressive technique.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2025
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Karen K. Ho For Artnews, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
What was once an unacceptable abstraction is now no more mysterious than a power tool, and just as essential for building anything ambitious.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Their poll measured everything from favorite color to painting size to preferences for realism or abstraction.
—Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
For example, Johnson has embraced what art historians call gestural abstraction, a spontaneous style of smearing, pouring or dribbling paint on canvas, pioneered by artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, who also incorporated figures into his expressive technique.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abstraction
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Advertisement Do the authorities have an idea of where Boelter might be?—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
16 June 2025
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Nearly half of these offenders exhibited evidence of fixation – an intense or obsessive preoccupation with an individual, activity, or idea.—
Donald J. Mihalek,
ABC News,
16 June 2025
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At this time, the draft U.N. principles released in April 2025 do not directly address the opposing concepts of access and protection.—
Michelle L.D. Hanlon,
Space.com,
20 June 2025
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These new discoveries by DESI, if true, could rewrite many other basic concepts of astrophysics, and also could explain ideas like string theory.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
20 June 2025
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Such links were particularly pronounced when exposure occurred during the month before conception and during the first trimester of pregnancy, researchers reported in the study, published in Environmental Science & Technology.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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So Far The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time A sequel, 28 Weeks Later…, dropped in 2007; Boyle and Garland signed on executive producers, but neither were directly involved with the conception of it beyond that.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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This Money Mistake Keeps You Stuck One of the most popular misconceptions being debunked right now is the notion that working harder or for longer hours equates to making more money.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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At the heart of the team’s strategy is a notion called integer partitions.—
Rachel Crowell,
Scientific American,
16 June 2025
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Hernandez admits Medicaid cuts could give people here second thoughts.—
John Daley,
NPR,
22 June 2025
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Jones has also talked extensively about struggling with suicidal thoughts and depression.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
21 June 2025
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His powerful late kick and ability to handle the 1 1/4-mile distance in that race left a lasting impression.—
Jared Welch,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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The 77-year-old takes us through the songs, albums, and genres that left the biggest impression.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
18 June 2025
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“Abstraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstraction. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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