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отвлече́ние

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nounneuterinanimatecountable

1.
distraction, diversion, diverting (of attention)
Телефо́нные звонки — постоя́нное отвлече́ние от рабо́ты.
Phone calls are a constant distraction from work.
Verbal noun of отвлечь/отвлекать; often with от + genitive.
2.
(rare) abstractionphilosophy
Поня́тие возника́ет путём отвлече́ния от конкре́тных дета́лей.
A concept arises through abstraction from concrete details.
Philosophical and logical term.

Examples

Ему нужно отвлечение от грустных мыслей.
He needs something to take his mind off his sad thoughts.
Отвлечение от работы бывает полезным.
A break from work can be beneficial.
Музыка стала для неё отвлечением.
Music became a distraction for her.
Власти инспирировали слухи для отвлечения внимания.
The authorities spread rumors to divert attention.

Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nom.Nominative	отвлече́ние	отвлече́ния
Gen.Genitive	отвлече́ния	отвлече́ний
Dat.Dative	отвлече́нию	отвлече́ниям
Acc.Accusative	отвлече́ние	отвлече́ния
Inst.Instrumental	отвлече́нием	отвлече́ниями
Prep.Prepositional	отвлече́нии	отвлече́ниях

Word familyвлечьPRO

влечьto drag; to attract; to entail
verbimperfective
увле́чьto captivate; to carry away
verbperfective
вовле́чьto involve (in); to drag into
verbperfective
завле́чьto lure; to captivate
verbperfective
извле́чьto extract; to derive (benefit); to extract (a root)
verbperfective

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See also

отвлека́тьto distract; to interrupt; to abstract
отвлека́тьсяto get distracted (from); to get distracted (by); to take one's mind off things; to digress; to disregard
отвлечённыйabstract; distracted

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abstraction attention distraction diversion diverting of