Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for abstraction. Search instead for abstractor.
Definitions

abstraction

[ab-strak-shuhn] / æbˈstræk ʃən /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Journalists moved in the opposite direction, toward uncertainty, because without witnesses, displacement becomes statistics and war becomes abstraction.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

A Defra spokesperson said £2bn of water company investment had been secured over five years to restore chalk streams as well as upgrading the abstraction licensing system.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

He knows that democracy is not an abstraction.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

Instead, they argued that intermediate scrutiny requires courts to examine fit, not just at the level of abstraction but as applied to real people.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

Mathematics is thought to be cold, since it deals with abstraction and not with flesh and blood.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




Vocabulary lists containing abstraction


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "abstraction" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com