Abstraction

:This article is about the concept of abstraction in general. For other uses, please see abstract (disambiguation).

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An abstraction is an idea, concept, or word which defines the phenomena which make up the concrete events or things which the abstraction refers to, the referents.

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Abstractions are sometimes used that have ambiguous referents, for example, "happiness" used as an abstraction, can refer to as many things as there are people and events or states of being which make them happy.

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A further example, suppose one attempts to define the term architecture and what it refers to: architecture is more than simply designing safe functional buildings; it involves also an element of creation which aims at elegant solutions to problems of construction and use of space. At its best, it evokes an emotional response in the builders, owners, viewers and users of the building

Idea: An idea (Greek: ιδέα) is a specific thought or concept which arises in the mind of a person as a result of thinking. The term arises in both popular and philosophical terminology....

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