WordNet Search

Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

Display options for sense: (frequency) (gloss) "an example sentence"

Display options for word: word#sense number (sense key)

(5)S: (n) abstraction#1 (abstraction%1:09:00::), abstract#1 (abstract%1:09:00::) (a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance) "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
(3)S: (n) abstraction#2 (abstraction%1:04:00::) (the act of withdrawing or removing something)
(2)S: (n) abstraction#3 (abstraction%1:09:02::), generalization#3 (generalization%1:09:03::), generalisation#2 (generalisation%1:09:03::) (the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances)
(2)S: (n) abstraction#4 (abstraction%1:06:00::) (an abstract painting)
S: (n) abstractedness#1 (abstractedness%1:09:00::), abstraction#5 (abstraction%1:09:01::) (preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else)
S: (n) abstraction#6 (abstraction%1:03:00::), abstract entity#1 (abstract_entity%1:03:00::) (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)