Meaning of abstrahere | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to abstract (to conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute)
   literary
2. to abstract (to create abstracts, pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them)

Examples

“Det er umulig å klassifisere uten å abstrahere.”

It is impossible to classify without abstracting.

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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