abstraction

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You know our abstraction is a common jest and proverb: you must laugh me out of it.

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  1. noun The act of abstracting or the state of having been abstracted.
  2. noun An abstract concept, idea, or term.
  3. noun An abstract quality.

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  1. from Late Latin abstractio(n-), from Latin abstrahere: see abstract, v.
 

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/æbˈstrækʃən/
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