Term: abstraction: the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
Candidate hypernym: theorization: the production or use of theories → 1
Candidate hypernym: haircut: the act of cutting the hair → 0
Candidate hypernym: fracture: breaking of hard tissue such as bone → 0
Candidate hypernym: dullness: without sharpness or clearness of edge or point → 0
Candidate hypernym: house paint: paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house → 0
Candidate hypernym: fine-tooth comb: a method of examining in minute detail → 0
Candidate hypernym: arabidopsis thaliana: a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described → 0
Candidate hypernym: greenbelt: a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city → 0
Candidate hypernym: physical anthropology: the branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beings → 0
Candidate hypernym: taricha: Pacific newts → 0
Candidate hypernym: import credit: credit opened by an importer at a bank in his own country upon which an exporter may draw → 0