abstraction

noun

1.
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
Derived from:
abstract
2.
the act of withdrawing or removing something
3.
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
Derived from:
abstract
4.
an abstract painting
5.
preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
6.
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
Derived from:
abstract