abstraction

abstraction
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. preoccupation; abridgment. See inattention, shortness, thought.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The state of being absorbed]
Syn. deliberation, absorption, preoccupation, speculation, absent-mindedness, musing, thinking, reflecting, rumination, reflection, self-communing, reverie, daydreaming, engrossment, cogitation, contemplation, brooding, brown study, cerebration, detachment, aloofness, distraction, consideration, pondering, remoteness, inattention.
Ant. alertness, awareness*, attention.
2. [An abstract idea]
Syn. concept, idea, notion, generality; see thought 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
absent-mindedness, preoccupation, reverie, daydreaming, withdrawal, brooding, reflecting, mulling.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being so lost in solitary thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings: absent-mindedness, bemusement, brown study, daydreaming, muse2, reverie, study, trance. See AWARENESS.

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