Hyphenation of abstraction

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word abstraction? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ab-strac-tion

Definitions of abstraction:

1.	A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance He loved her only in the abstract--not in person
2.	The act of withdrawing or removing something
3.	The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
4.	An abstract painting
5.	Preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
6.	A general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

Synonyms of abstraction:

noun	abstract, concept, conception, construct
noun	removal, remotion
noun	generalization, generalisation, theorization, theorisation
noun	painting, picture
noun	abstractedness, preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment

Last hyphenations of this language

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