捨しゃ象しょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

abstraction; abstracting away

Technical term in philosophy and logic for deliberately ignoring certain aspects of a phenomenon to focus on others. Often used in academic or analytical contexts.

• この理り論ろんでは、細こまかい差さ異いは捨しゃ象しょうして本ほん質しつ的てきな構こう造ぞうだけを扱あつかう。

  In this theory, we abstract away minor differences and deal only with the essential structure.