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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

  1. noun The process of considering an idea or quality separately from any specific object.
  2. noun A general idea or concept, as opposed to something concrete.
  3. noun In computing, the hiding of implementation detail behind a simpler interface.

usurpation — full definition

  1. noun The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
  2. noun Trespass onto another's property without permission.
  3. noun A taking or use without right.

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