Definition of "abstractions" []

• Plural form of abstraction. (noun)

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• "We are, then, shut up, apparently, to the conclusion that Milton intends to treat what we know as abstractions, the virtues and the vices of our moral constitution, as actual, independent beings in the invisible world."
• "The problem with such kind of abstractions is that they leak too easily, leaving the developer in a situation in which he must uses the abstraction only for simple things and break it every time something more complex is needed."
• "He doesn't deal in abstractions or what policymakers in the Pentagon and White House think."