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ab‧strac‧tion
1 [countable] a general idea about a type of situation, thing, or person rather than a specific example from real life : 
He's always talking in abstractions.
He's always talking in abstractions.2 [uncountable] when you do not notice what is happening around you because you are thinking carefully about something else : She rocked the baby gently, gazing in abstraction at the flickering fire.
She rocked the baby gently, gazing in abstraction at the flickering fire.3 [uncountable] the use of shapes and patterns that do not look like real things
