abstraction

Universal Words noun 1 [C,U] (formal) a general idea not based on any particular real person, thing or situation; the quality of being abstract: ideological / mathematical abstractions 2 [U] (formal) the state of thinking deeply about sth and not paying attention to what is around you: She was gazing in abstraction at the far corner of the room. 3 [U,C] (technical) the action of removing sth from sth else; the process of being removed from sth else: water abstraction from rivers