Abstraction — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

the act of withdrawing or removing something

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kæntʃˈɛli/

🇬🇧British English

/bɹˈɔːdsaɪdɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bɹˈɔːdsaɪdɪŋ/

3 syllables Say it as /kæntʃˈɛli/.

Examples

he loved her only in the abstract--not in person

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

abstract entity generalization generalisation abstractedness abstract

Parts of Speech

noun	a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance “he loved her only in the abstract--not in person”
noun	the act of withdrawing or removing something
noun	the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
noun	an abstract painting
noun	preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
noun	a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

Word Forms

abstract	verb	consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
abstract	adjective	existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
generalize	verb	draw from specific cases for more general cases
generalise	verb	draw from specific cases for more general cases
abstracted	adjective	lost in thought; showing preoccupation

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Abstraktion

ein Konzept oder eine Idee, die keiner bestimmten Instanz zugeordnet ist

🇪🇸Spanish

abstracción

un concepto o idea no asociado con ningún caso específico

🇮🇹Italian

astrazione

un concetto o un'idea non associata ad alcuna istanza specifica

🇳🇱Dutch

abstractie

een concept of idee dat niet aan een specifieke instantie is gekoppeld

🇵🇹Portuguese

abstração

um conceito ou ideia não associado a nenhuma instância específica

🇷🇺Russian

абстракция

концепция или идея, не связанная с каким-либо конкретным случаем

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मतिहीनता

एक अवधारणा या विचार जो किसी विशिष्ट उदाहरण से जुड़ा नहीं है

🇧🇩Bengali

বিমূর্ততা

একটি ধারণা বা ধারণা কোনো নির্দিষ্ট উদাহরণের সাথে যুক্ত নয়

🇮🇳Tamil

சுருக்கம்

எந்தவொரு குறிப்பிட்ட நிகழ்வுடனும் தொடர்புபடுத்தப்படாத ஒரு கருத்து அல்லது யோசனை

🇮🇳Telugu

సంగ్రహణ

ఏదైనా నిర్దిష్ట ఉదాహరణతో సంబంధం లేని భావన లేదా ఆలోచన

🇮🇳Marathi

अमूर्तता

संकल्पना किंवा कल्पना कोणत्याही विशिष्ट उदाहरणाशी संबंधित नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

અમૂર્ત

એક ખ્યાલ અથવા વિચાર કોઈપણ ચોક્કસ ઉદાહરણ સાથે સંકળાયેલ નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಮೂರ್ತತೆ

ಯಾವುದೇ ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ನಿದರ್ಶನದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧವಿಲ್ಲದ ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನೆ ಅಥವಾ ಕಲ್ಪನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അമൂർത്തീകരണം

ഏതെങ്കിലും നിർദ്ദിഷ്ട സംഭവവുമായി ബന്ധമില്ലാത്ത ഒരു ആശയം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ആശയം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਐਬਸਟਰੈਕਸ਼ਨ

ਇੱਕ ਸੰਕਲਪ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਕਿਸੇ ਖਾਸ ਉਦਾਹਰਣ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਬੰਧਿਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

خلاصہ

ایک تصور یا خیال کسی خاص مثال سے وابستہ نہیں ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

抽象

与任何特定实例无关的概念或想法

🇯🇵Japanese

抽象化

特定のインスタンスに関連付けられていない概念またはアイデア

🇰🇷Korean

추출

특정 사례와 연관되지 않은 개념이나 아이디어

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự trừu tượng

một khái niệm hoặc ý tưởng không liên quan đến bất kỳ trường hợp cụ thể nào

🇹🇭Thai

สิ่งที่เป็นนามธรรม

แนวคิดหรือแนวคิดที่ไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับกรณีเฉพาะใดๆ

🇮🇩Indonesian

abstraksi

sebuah konsep atau ide yang tidak terkait dengan contoh spesifik apa pun

🇲🇾Malay

abstraksi

konsep atau idea yang tidak dikaitkan dengan mana-mana contoh tertentu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التجريد

مفهوم أو فكرة غير مرتبطة بأي حالة محددة

🇮🇷Persian

انتزاع

مفهوم یا ایده ای که با هیچ نمونه خاصی مرتبط نیست

🇹🇷Turkish

soyutlama

herhangi bir spesifik örnekle ilişkili olmayan bir kavram veya fikir

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַפשָׁטָה

מושג או רעיון שאינם קשורים לאף מופע ספציפי

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