abstraction

Summary

abstraction ranks in the top 0.01% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,930 views/month, #8 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• abstraction is a type of cognitive process^[2].
• abstraction is part of psychological terminology^[3].
• abstraction is used for generalization^[4].
• abstraction's Commons category is recorded as Abstraction^[5].
• abstraction is the opposite of concretization^[6].
• abstraction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Abstraction^[7].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[8].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic^[12].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Kościelna encyclopedia^[13].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[15].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[16].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[17].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[18].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia^[19].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[20].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[21].
• abstraction's described by source is recorded as Pax Leksikon^[22].
• abstraction's used by is recorded as The law of reverse relations between the content and the volume of the concept (Russian)^[23].
• abstraction's has effect is recorded as abstract entity^[24].
• abstraction's has effect is recorded as abstractness^[25].
• abstraction's different from is recorded as Abstrakcja^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

abstraction is a type of cognitive process^[2]. abstraction is the opposite of concretization^[6].

Use and Application

abstraction is used for generalization^[4]. abstraction is part of psychological terminology^[3]. abstraction's used by is recorded as The law of reverse relations between the content and the volume of the concept (Russian)^[23].

Why It Matters

abstraction ranks in the top 0.01% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,930 views/month, #8 of 77,819).^[1] abstraction has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] abstraction is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]