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abstraction
has definitions from the fields of fine art,psychology
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[ noun ] a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
Synonyms Examples "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" Used in print (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)A word taken in its dictionary meaning , a photographic image of a recognizable object , the mere picturing of a `` scene '' tends to lose experiential vividness and to connote such conventional abstractions as to invite neutral reception without the incitement of value feelings . Whitehead is here questioning David_Hume 's understanding of the nature of experience ; he is questioning , also , every epistemology which stems from Hume 's presupposition that experience is merely sense_data in abstraction from causal efficacy , and that causal efficacy is something intellectually imputed to the world , not directly perceived . What Hume calls `` sensation '' is what Whitehead calls `` perception in the mode of presentational immediacy '' which is a sophisticated abstraction from perception in the mode of causal efficacy . (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)National identification was reflected jurisprudentially in law theories which incorporated this Hegelian abstraction and saw law , domestic and international , simply as its formal reflection . Hidden behind Hegelian abstractions were more practical reasons for a changing jurisprudence . |
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[ noun ] the act of withdrawing or removing something
Synonyms Used in print (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)It appears possible to set a lower_limit of about * * f for the activation_energy of the abstraction of a chlorine atom from a carbon_tetrachloride molecule by a chlorine atom to form * * f radical . Furthermore , the exchange would not be expected to be sensitive to trace amounts of impurities because it would not be apt to be a chain_reaction since the activation_energy for abstraction of chlorine by a chlorine atom would be expected to be too high ; also it would be expected that * * f would compete very effectively with any impurities as a scavenger for * * f radicals . We are reporting these investigations here briefly because of their relevancy to problems of the study of apparently simple exchange reactions of chlorine and because the results furnish some information on the activation_energy for abstraction of chlorine atoms from carbon_tetrachloride . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (psychology) the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
Synonyms Used in print (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)The artist , unlike the philosopher , is not a removed observer aiming at neutral and rarified high levels of abstraction . It takes a great_deal of abstraction to free oneself from the primitive impression of larger unities of power and influence and to view one 's world simply as a collection of sense_data arranged in such_and_such sequence and pattern , devoid_of all power to move the feelings and actions except in_so_far as they present themselves for inspection . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (fine art) an abstract painting
Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Abstractions and semi abstractions by Everett_McNear are being exhibited by the University_gallery_of_Notre_Dame until Nov. 5 . Abstractions and semi abstractions by Everett_McNear are being exhibited by the University_gallery_of_Notre_Dame until Nov. 5 . Related terms |
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[ noun ] preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
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