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abstraction

mastery

UK /əbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩/ US /æbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩/noun

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Which meaning of 'abstraction' best matches its use in the sentence?

After his wife's death, he lived in a hermit’s abstraction, rarely speaking to anyone.