abstraction

抽象概念

具体的な人や物、出来事から切り離して考える一般的な概念。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： abstract idea, concept

よく使う表現： pure abstraction, mere abstraction, theoretical abstraction

抽象美術、抽象表現

人や物の実際の姿ではなく、形や線、色で表す芸術。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： abstract art

反対語： realism

よく使う表現： geometric abstraction, pure abstraction, move toward abstraction

抽象化

ほかの特徴を脇に置き、ある一つの特徴だけを取り出して考えること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： abstraction of something from something (This involves the abstraction of shape from color and texture.)

よく使う表現： process of abstraction, conceptual abstraction, abstraction of something

物思い、放心

考えに深く浸り、周囲の出来事に気づかない状態。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： absent-mindedness, reverie

反対語： attentiveness

よく使う表現： in abstraction, air of abstraction, moment of abstraction

隠遁、世俗からの離脱

日常生活や感覚で捉える世界から離れて暮らす状態。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： abstraction from something (The monk sought abstraction from worldly concerns.)

類義語： withdrawal, seclusion

よく使う表現： spiritual abstraction, abstraction from life, complete abstraction