as in notions
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 abstractions
But an explicit multistep road map moves the debate from abstractions to timelines.
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
Anderson, who both wrote and directed the film, suppresses psychological complexity, creating characters who are little more than abstractions.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
My first true attempts at poetry were self-guided, painfully rhymed, drenched in abstractions and exhausted platitudes.
—Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Geometers moved beyond concrete problems about counting, and focused instead on more general abstractions and deeper truths.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
Messaging must make distinctions, but also avoid getting lost in parenthetic abstractions or potentially easier-to-discredit targets.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
There are shades and shadows and abstractions.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Are these just words or abstractions?
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
At Frieze, Fuentes will have a selection of historic abstractions by the artist from the 1970s.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
Anderson, who both wrote and directed the film, suppresses psychological complexity, creating characters who are little more than abstractions.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
My first true attempts at poetry were self-guided, painfully rhymed, drenched in abstractions and exhausted platitudes.
—Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Geometers moved beyond concrete problems about counting, and focused instead on more general abstractions and deeper truths.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
Messaging must make distinctions, but also avoid getting lost in parenthetic abstractions or potentially easier-to-discredit targets.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
There are shades and shadows and abstractions.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Are these just words or abstractions?
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
At Frieze, Fuentes will have a selection of historic abstractions by the artist from the 1970s.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abstractions
Noun
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Exciting partnerships could develop, encouraging us to lean into romantic notions.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
20 Oct. 2025
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Protesters have slammed the notions and multiple attendees wore inflatable frog and animal costumes to point to the absurdity of the claims of danger.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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So many of McAnally’s song ideas have been mined from his knack for finding stories in everyday life.—
Nancy Kruh,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Miller argues that universities are breeding grounds for ideological intolerance, laying blame on Marxist ideas.—
Mitch Picasso , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Other concepts explore heritage, experimental finishes and expressive silhouettes.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
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Opponents are starting to call the same plays and concepts, in the red zone and in the open field, on explosive plays.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some didn’t respond, others outright declined comment, while four of them shared their thoughts, which are below.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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What were your first thoughts and what attracted you to the story?—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The hierarchy of money is present in both conceptions, it is not spelled out explicitly in either conception.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Those moments, the quiet ones between pictures, are the ones that live on in the images.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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The photo carousel also included throwback pictures of the couple from over the years, with some dating all the way back to their time together as preschool classmates.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Of his first impressions of his future wife, Plemons had nothing but praise.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Recognized in the ad industry for his deep expertise in managing ad-tech operations, Halley has over years worked set up offerings that allowed advertisers to buy specific kinds of viewer impressions at Viacom, one of Paramount’s predecessor companies.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Abstractions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstractions. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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