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Meaning of abstraksjon | Babel Free

Noun masculine
abstrakˈʃuːn

Definitions

  1. abstraction
    masculine
  2. the act of abstracting (an idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary)
    masculine
  3. an abstraction (the result of mentally abstracting an idea)
    masculine
  4. an abstraction (an abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects)
    masculine

Examples

“ha evne til abstraksjon”

have the ability to abstract

“observanden [fremstår] med evne til resonnering og abstraksjon… som stemmer overens med skoleresultater fra ungdomsskolen”

the subject [appears] with the ability to reason and abstraction… which is consistent with school results from upper secondary school

“det er rene abstraksjoner”

it is pure abstractions

“et indhold uden form er jo i realiteten kun en tom abstraktion”

a content without form is in fact only an empty abstraction

“[Munch] malte ikke virkeligheten, men følelsene sine, og åpnet en dør til abstraksjonen”

[Munch] did not paint reality, but his emotions, and opened a door to abstraction

“en pedagogikk som fremelsker teorier og abstraksjoner, det som ikke er håndfast”

a pedagogy that fosters theories and abstractions, that which is not tangible

“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

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