Abstractness

Adjective

thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances

an abstract idea.

expressing a quality or characteristic apart from any specific object or instance, as justice, poverty, and speed.

theoretical; not applied or practical

abstract science.

difficult to understand; abstruse

abstract speculations.

Fine Arts .

of or pertaining to the formal aspect of art, emphasizing lines, colors, generalized or geometrical forms, etc., esp. with reference to their relationship to one another.

( often initial capital letter ) pertaining to the nonrepresentational art styles of the 20th century.

Noun

a summary of a text, scientific article, document, speech, etc.; epitome.

something that concentrates in itself the essential qualities of anything more extensive or more general, or of several things; essence.

an idea or term considered apart from some material basis or object.

an abstract work of art.

Verb (used with object)

to draw or take away; remove.

to divert or draw away the attention of.

to steal.

to consider as a general quality or characteristic apart from specific objects or instances

to abstract the notions of time, space, and matter.

to make an abstract of; summarize. ?

Idioms

abstract away from

to omit from consideration.

in the abstract

without reference to a specific object or instance; in theory

beauty in the abstract.