abstraction

Abstraktion, abstrakter Begriff

Eine allgemeine Vorstellung, die unabhängig von konkreten Menschen, Dingen oder Ereignissen betrachtet wird.

In einfachem Englisch: A general idea that is considered separately from real people, objects, or events.

• Freedom is more than an abstraction.
• The lecture was full of difficult abstractions.
• For him, poverty became a reality rather than a distant abstraction.

Synonyme: abstract idea, concept

Häufige Wendungen: pure abstraction, mere abstraction, theoretical abstraction

Abstraktion, abstrakte Kunst

Kunst, die Formen, Linien und Farben verwendet, statt Menschen oder Dinge naturgetreu darzustellen.

In einfachem Englisch: Art that uses shapes, lines, and colors instead of showing people or things as they really look.

• Her paintings explore abstraction.
• The gallery displays colorful examples of geometric abstraction.
• His later work moved away from portraits toward abstraction.

Synonyme: abstract art

Gegenteile: realism

Häufige Wendungen: geometric abstraction, pure abstraction, move toward abstraction

Abstraktion

Das Betrachten eines einzelnen Merkmals einer Sache, während ihre anderen Merkmale außer Acht bleiben.

In einfachem Englisch: The process of considering one feature of something while leaving its other features aside.

• Abstraction lets us study shape alone.
• Through abstraction, we consider size without discussing color.
• The model uses abstraction to separate useful features from unnecessary details.

So benutzt man es: abstraction of something from something (This involves the abstraction of shape from color and texture.)

Häufige Wendungen: process of abstraction, conceptual abstraction, abstraction of something

Geistesabwesenheit, Versunkenheit

Ein Zustand, in dem man so tief in Gedanken ist, dass man seine Umgebung nicht wahrnimmt.

In einfachem Englisch: A state of being so deep in thought that you do not notice what happens around you.

• She sat in quiet abstraction.
• His abstraction made him miss the question.
• A sudden noise broke her abstraction, and she looked up.

Synonyme: absent-mindedness, reverie

Gegenteile: attentiveness

Häufige Wendungen: in abstraction, air of abstraction, moment of abstraction

Weltabgewandtheit, Zurückgezogenheit

Ein Zustand, in dem man sich vom Alltag und von den Eindrücken seiner Sinne zurückzieht.

In einfachem Englisch: A state of living apart from everyday life and turning away from what your senses tell you.

• The hermit lived in abstraction.
• Prayer helped him achieve abstraction from worldly affairs.
• Her spiritual abstraction involved long periods of solitude.

So benutzt man es: abstraction from something (The monk sought abstraction from worldly concerns.)

Synonyme: withdrawal, seclusion

Häufige Wendungen: spiritual abstraction, abstraction from life, complete abstraction