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noun a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
noun the act of withdrawing or removing something
noun the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
originFrom Middle English abstraccyone; either from Middle French abstraction or from Medieval Latin abstrāctiō (“separation”), from Latin abstrahō (“draw away”). Equivalent to abstract + -ion.
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