abstraction in WordNet English dictionary

1. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
   "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
   abstraction  abstract 
   
2. a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
   abstraction  abstract entity 
   
3. preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
   abstractedness  abstraction 
   
4. the act of withdrawing or removing something
   abstraction 
   
5. an abstract painting
   abstraction 
   
6. the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
   abstraction  generalization  generalisation