abstraction
ab strak shuhn
- n a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- n the act of withdrawing or removing something
- n the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- n an abstract painting
- n preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
- n a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
- In hard edged geometric abstraction, kinetic art and work that predicts the Op Art of the 60s, the Latins were sometimes experimenting in materials, procedures and more than .
- For all the emphasis on abstraction, the art committee achieved a remarkable variety.
- Stuck with bumper sticker slogans on the economy, and while he got a bit more detailed on foreign policy, he stayed at his usual level of abstraction.