## Meanings
1. A general idea formed from specific examples, rather than a concrete thing.
2. The act of considering something as a general idea apart from its concrete details.
3. In computing, the hiding of complex details behind a simpler interface.
4. A style of art that does not try to represent real objects directly.

## Examples
- Justice is an abstraction that is hard to define precisely.
- Mathematics relies on a high level of abstraction.
- A file is an abstraction that hides how data is actually stored on the disk.
- Her later paintings moved from portraits toward pure abstraction.

## Synonyms
- generalization

## Antonyms
- concretization
- specialization

## Derived Forms
- abstractional
- abstractionism
- abstractionist
- abstractionistic
- abstractive
- semiabstraction

## Related Forms
- abstract

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: abstraccyone
- Root: abstraction
- Root: abstrāctiō
- Root: abstrahō

## Etymology
From Middle English abstraccyone; either from Middle French abstraction or from Medieval Latin abstrāctiō (“separation”), from Latin abstrahō (“draw away”). Equivalent to abstract + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Abstraction is from Middle English abstraccyone; either from Middle French abstraction or from Medieval Latin abstrāctiō (“separation”), from Latin abstrahō (“draw away”). Equivalent to abstract + -ion. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it can mean a general idea formed from specific examples, rather than a concrete thing, or the act of considering something as a general idea apart from its concrete details. Related forms include abstract. Derived formations include abstractional, abstractionism, abstractionist, abstractionistic, abstractive.

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- Abstract Ideas
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