Plural: abstractions
ETYM Cf. French abstraction. Related to Abstract.
1. The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances; SYN. generalization.
2. A general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples.
3. An abstract painting.
4. The act of extracting something; SYN. extraction.
5. A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; SYN. abstract.
In philosophy, the process by which universals and concepts are formed in our minds or by which we acquire general words. Many modern philosophers, following Ludwig Wittgenstein, hold that no concepts are acquired by abstraction, because the meaning of a word is its public use, not a private idea.
Aristotle held that circularity does not exist apart from circular things, and that we acquire the abstraction of circularity by inductionthat is, by generalizing from coins, hoops, and wheels. English philosopher John Locke thought that the meaning of a general word, such as triangle, was an abstract idea in the mind.
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1. Odvajanje, građenje pojmova, misaonih predstava;
2. Čista misao, čist akt mišljenja, mudrovanje;
3. Udubenost u misli, zamišljenost; rasejanost; negledanje, neosvrtanje na.
4. Nešto nestvarno, zamišljeno, pojmovno neodređeno, koje postoji kao nedefinisan pojam.
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Zamišljen, koji postoji ili je zamišljen da postoji odvojen od materijalnih predmeta, misaoni, mislen, koij postoji samo kao pojam (supr.: konkretan); teorijski, čist; težak za razumevanje, viši, dubok, dubokomislen; rasejan; apstraktan broj, mat. neimenovani broj; apstraktna nauka, čista nauka (za razliku od primenjene); in apstrakto, u opštem, samo u mislima, misleno (suprotno: in konkreto).
Plural: abstractionisms
1. A representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples; SYN. unrealism.
2. An abstract work of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation; SYN. abstract art.
abstract art · unrealism
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SKupni naziv za umetničke pravce ekspresionizam, kubizam i fovizam.
Umetnost izvan realnog.
Plural: abstractionists
A painter of abstract pictures; SYN. abstract artist.
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Sledbenik apstrakticizma.