Definition:
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory consider a concept without thinking of a specific example consider abstractly or theoretically make off with belongings of others consider apart from a particular case or instance "Let's abstract away from this particular example" give an abstract (of) existing only in the mind separated from embodiment "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'" not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature "a large abstract painting" dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention "abstract reasoning" "abstract science"
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