Abstraction

//əbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩//

Synonyms for "abstraction" (213 found)

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Closest matches (43)

Strong matches (64)

Related words (106)

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Translations

60 translations across 36 languages.

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Amharic

1 entries
  • ረቂቅነት noun (act of abstracting)

Armenian

1 entries
  • աբստրահում noun (act of abstracting)

Asturian

2 entries
  • astracción noun (act of abstracting)
  • astraición noun (act of abstracting)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • абстра́кция noun (act of abstracting)
  • отвлеченост noun (act of abstracting)

Catalan

1 entries
  • abstracció noun (act of abstracting)

Danish

1 entries
  • abstraktion noun (act of abstracting)

Dutch

4 entries
  • abstractie noun (act of abstracting)
  • ontvreemding noun (purloining)
  • toeëigening noun (purloining)
  • vage voorstelling noun (idea of a visionary nature)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • abstraktaĵo noun (idea of a visionary nature)

Estonian

3 entries
  • abstraktsioon noun (act of abstracting)
  • hajameelsus noun (act of abstracting)
  • üldistus noun (act of abstracting)

Finnish

1 entries
  • abstrahointi noun (act of abstracting)

French

1 entries
  • abstraction noun (act of abstracting)

Galician

1 entries
  • abstracción noun (act of abstracting)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აბსტრაგირება noun (act of abstracting)

German

1 entries
  • Abstraktion noun (act of abstracting)

Greek

1 entries
  • αφαίρεση noun (act of abstracting)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הפשטה noun (act of abstracting)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अपाहरण noun (act of abstracting)
  • अमूर्तन noun (act of abstracting)
  • अमूर्तीकरण noun (act of abstracting)
  • निष्कर्षण noun (act of abstracting)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • absztrakció noun (act of abstracting)
  • elvonatkoztatás noun (act of abstracting)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • abstraction noun (act of abstracting)

Irish

1 entries
  • teibiú noun (act of abstracting)

Italian

1 entries
  • astrazione noun (act of abstracting)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • абстракция noun (act of abstracting)

Latvian

1 entries
  • abstrakcija noun (act of abstracting)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • abstrahering noun (act of abstracting)
  • abstraksjon noun (act of abstracting)
  • abstraksjon noun (idea of a visionary nature)
  • naske noun (purloining)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • abstraksjon noun (act of abstracting)

Occitan

1 entries
  • abstraccion noun (act of abstracting)

Persian

1 entries
  • انتزاعیدن noun (act of abstracting)

Polish

1 entries
  • abstrakcja noun (act of abstracting)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • abstração noun (act of abstracting)

Romanian

1 entries
  • abstracție noun (act of abstracting)

Russian

1 entries
  • абстра́кция noun (act of abstracting)

Spanish

1 entries
  • abstracción noun (act of abstracting)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kabasalan noun (act of abstracting)

Turkish

2 entries
  • abstraksiyon noun (act of abstracting)
  • soyutlama noun (act of abstracting)

Volapük

2 entries
  • dezugam noun (act of abstracting)
  • dezugot noun (act of abstracting)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַבסטראַקציע noun (act of abstracting)

Sample sentences

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The integration of our global economy has made life better for billions of men, women and children. Over the last 25 years, the number of people living in extreme poverty has been cut from nearly 40 percent of humanity to under 10 percent. That's unprecedented. And it's not an abstraction. It means children have enough to eat; mothers don’t die in childbirth.

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The use of abstraction in computer programming allows us to create and understand the behavior of very complex software.

Source: tatoeba (7798465)

This is an example of abstraction.

Source: tatoeba (10913463)

The exhibit is organized chronologically to show the artist's evolution into abstraction starting in the 1920s.

Source: tatoeba (11220032)

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