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語源

From Latin abductiō(n) (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + dūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, abduct +‎ -ion or abduce +‎ -tion.

• (physiology): From French, from Latin abductus.
• Compare French abduction.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
• (米国発音) IPA: /æbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/, /æbˈdək.ʃn̩/, /əbˈdək.ʃn̩/
• (anatomy sense): (for emphasis and disambiguation from adduction) IPA: /ˈeɪˈbiː.dʌk.ʃn̩/

名詞

abduction (countable and uncountable, plural abductions)

1. Leading away; a carrying away. [from early 17 century.]
2. (anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. [from mid-17 century.]
   • 2013, Jain MD, MSPH with Wilcox, PT, Katz, MD, MS, and Higgins, MD, “Clinical Examination of the Rotator Cuff”, in PM&R Journal‎:

     Abduction is performed by asking the patient to raise the arm at the side as high as they can with the examiner stabilizing the scapula by holding it down.

3. (logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. [from late 17 century.]
   • 2005, Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction, page 256:

     The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of abduction, and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning.

4. (law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [from mid-18 century.]

   the abduction of a child

   • 2026 January 4, Howard LaFranchi, “Seizing Venezuela’s Maduro, Trump implements his corollary to Monroe Doctrine”, in The Christian Science Monitor‎, archived from the original on 7 January 2026:

     Saturday’s actions – the abduction of [Venezuelan] President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas to face federal drug-trafficking charges in the U.S., and the deadly bombings of military installations and some civilian buildings across the country – had “Trump Corollary” written all over them.

5. (ufology) Alien abduction.
   • 2010, Monte Dwyer, Red in the Centre: Through a Crooked Lens, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 122:

     But fear of abduction never stopped a good ufologist.

別の表記

• a - b - d - u - k - sh (Gregg shorthand)

同意語

• (legal, carrying off of human being): appropriation; kidnapping; seizure; withdrawal
• (logic): retroduction; abstraction

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “physiology”): adduction, replacement; restitution; restoration; surrender; reinstatement

派生語

関連する語

• abduce
• abduct
• abductive

参照

Further reading

• Abduction in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)