abstrahere

abstrahere

Dutch

Verb

abstrahere

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of abstraheren

Anagrams

• abstraheer

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Latin

Verb

abstrahēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of abstrahō

Verb

abstrahere

1. inflection of abstrahō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin abstrahō, abstrahere (“I draw away, withdraw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abstraˈheːrə/, /apstraˈheːrə/

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• Rhymes: -eːrə
• Hyphenation: ab‧stra‧he‧re

Verb

abstrahere (passive abstraheres, imperative abstraher, present tense abstraherer, simple past abstraherte, past participle abstrahert, present participle abstraherende, verbal noun abstrahering)

1. (literary, philosophy) to abstract (to conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute)

   Det er umulig å klassifisere uten å abstrahere.

   It is impossible to classify without abstracting.

   • 1971, Norsk Filosofisk Tidsskrift, page 11:

     tanken abstraherer fra de enkelte foreteelsene og ser sammenhengen mellem dem i abstraksjonen

     the thought abstracts from the individual phenomena and sees the connection between them in the abstraction

   • 1928, Lorentz Eckhoff, Førerne i vår tids franske litteratur, page 37:

     den rene, abstraherende ratio er fremmed for livet og fatter det ikke

     the pure, abstracting ratio is foreign to life and does not comprehend it

   • 2000, Karin Sveen, Klassereise, page 17:

     det hyppig anvendte begrepet ‘det moderne jeg’et’ lyder i mine ører som et abstrakt som får det abstraherte til å forsvinne

     the frequently used term ‘the modern self’ sounds to my ears like an abstract that makes the abstract disappear

   • 2014 July 13, forskning.no:

     blant menneskehjernens store evolusjonære fortrinn er at den kan forenkle, kategorisere og abstrahere en rotete virkelighet

     among the great evolutionary advantages of the human brain is that it can simplify, categorize and abstract a messy reality

2. (art) to abstract (to create abstracts, pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them)
   • 2012 November 15, iTromsø‎^[itromso.no]:

     tryggheten jeg har fått gjennom års arbeid med akvareller, gjør at jeg også våger å abstrahere naturen mer enn tidligere

     the security I have gained through years of working with watercolors, means that I also dare to abstract nature more than before

   • 2014 March 8, budstikka.no:

     fordi [kunstverkene] både er figurative og abstraherte, skaper det en spenning mellom noe man forstår og ikke forstår

     because [the works of art] are both figurative and abstract, it creates a tension between something one understands and does not understand

Related terms

• abstrakt (“abstract”)

See also

• erkjennelsesteori (“epistemology”)
• filosofi (“philosophy”)

References

• “abstrahere” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abstrahere” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abstrahere” in Store norske leksikon
• “abstrahere (filosofi)” in Store norske leksikon