Abstraction (sociology)
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Sociological Abstraction refers to the varying levels at which theoretical concepts can be understood. This idea is very similar to the philosophical understanding of abstraction
Abstraction
Abstraction is a process by which higher concepts are derived from the usage and classification of literal concepts, first principles, or other methods....

. There are two basic levels of sociological abstraction: sociological concepts and operationalized sociological concepts.
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