abstraksjon
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Medieval Latin abstrāctiō (“separation, abstraction”), from abstrahō (“I draw away, withdraw”).
Pronunciation
Noun
abstraksjon m (definite singular abstraksjonen, indefinite plural abstraksjoner, definite plural abstraksjonene)
- the act of abstracting (an idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary)
- Synonym: abstrahering
- ha evne til abstraksjon
- have the ability to abstract
- 2014 December 22, Lovdata:
- observanden [fremstår] med evne til resonnering og abstraksjon… som stemmer overens med skoleresultater fra ungdomsskolen
- the subject with the ability to reason and abstraction… which is consistent with school results from upper secondary school
- an abstraction (the result of mentally abstracting an idea)
- det er rene abstraksjoner
- it is pure abstractions
- 1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 244:
- et indhold uden form er jo i realiteten kun en tom abstraktion
- a content without form is in fact only an empty abstraction
- 2015 January 12, Bergensavisen:
- [Munch] malte ikke virkeligheten, men følelsene sine, og åpnet en dør til abstraksjonen
- did not paint reality, but his emotions, and opened a door to abstraction
- 2014 September 16, Klassekampen, page 22:
- en pedagogikk som fremelsker teorier og abstraksjoner, det som ikke er håndfast
- a pedagogy that fosters theories and abstractions, that which is not tangible
- (art) an abstraction (an abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects)
- 2014 September 12, Morgenbladet, page 29:
- publikum kan se alt fra amerikanske Kerry James Marshalls figurative maleri av måker, sjø og mennesker på stranden, til norske Olav Christopher Jenssens abstraksjoner
- the audience can see everything from American Kerry James Marshall's figurative painting of seagulls, sea and people on the beach, to Norwegian Olav Christopher Jenssen's abstractions
Derived terms
- abstraksjonsevne (“ability to abstract”)
- abstraksjonsnivå (“level of abstraction”)
- abstraksjonsplan (“plane of abstraction”)
See also
- (verb) abstrahere (“abstract”)
- (noun) abstrakt (“abstract”)
References
- “abstraksjon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “abstraksjon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “abstraksjon” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
abstraksjon m (definite singular abstraksjonen, indefinite plural abstraksjonar, definite plural abstraksjonane)