ab ‧ strac ‧ tion AC /əbˈstrækʃ ə n, æb-/ BrE AmE noun
1 . [countable] a general idea about a type of situation, thing, or person rather than a specific example from real life:
He’s always talking in abstractions.
2 . [uncountable] when you do not notice what is happening around you because you are thinking carefully about something else:
She rocked the baby gently, gazing in abstraction at the flickering fire.
3 . [uncountable] the use of shapes and patterns that do not look like real things