toeeigening — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abstraction noun The process of considering an idea or quality separately from any specific object.
- usurpation noun The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
Senses
toeeigening is used for these senses in English:
- abstraction (euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- usurpation The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
abstraction — full definition
- noun The process of considering an idea or quality separately from any specific object.
- noun A general idea or concept, as opposed to something concrete.
- noun In computing, the hiding of implementation detail behind a simpler interface.
usurpation — full definition
- noun The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
- noun Trespass onto another's property without permission.
- noun A taking or use without right.