Word: abstraction
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ab
strac
tion
Definition: The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
Morphemes:
Affix: abstract
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: abs-
Language: la
Decoded: abs-
Meaning: away
Affix: trahō
Language: la
Decoded: traho
Meaning: to pull, draw
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.