Abstraction

abstraction
noun

  1. the quality of dealing with ideas rather than events.
  2. freedom from representational qualities in art.
  3. a state of preoccupation.
  4. the process of considering something independently of its associations, attributes, or concrete accompaniments.
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Sun Tzu’s The Art of War