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rumination::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | contemplation, musing, reflection, reflexion, thoughtfulness |
| Type of | consideration |
| Has types | self-examination, self-contemplation, retrospect, study, speculation, introspection, cogitation, meditation |
| Derivation | ruminate |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | chew, chewing, manduction, mastication |
| Derivation | ruminate |
ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination.
rumination::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | regurgitation, puking, emesis, disgorgement, vomit, vomiting |
Examples of rumination
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If Poor Devils suffers, it is from an excess of padding and marginal rumination.
From the time.com
The adaptive rumination now has nothing to restrain it so we develop depression.
From the psychcentral.com
Guilfoyle's Guile is a delicate rumination over more impressionistic percussion.
From the guardian.co.uk
I had a rumination about how the chaps in Whitehall might handle their new man.
From the guardian.co.uk
We can choose to ask ourselves this question or continue with the rumination.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Persistent and excessive worry, also called rumination, may have a number of causes.
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So our minds go on an ambush of rumination to try and fix or get away from the pain.
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At times, therapy can increase rumination-but a skilled therapist can redirect that.
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The first involved rumination or constant brooding about what's going wrong.
From the healthland.time.com
- Contemplation: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
- (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination"
- Regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
- (ruminate) chew over: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
- (ruminative) brooding: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
- Rumination syndrome, or Merycism is an under-diagnosed chronic eating disorder, characterized by effortless regurgitation of most meals following consumption. There is no retching, nausea, heartburn, odours, or abdominal pains associated with the regurgitation, as there is with typical vomiting. ...
- Rumination is a way of responding to distress that involves repetitively (and passively) focusing on the symptoms of distress, and on its possible causes and consequences. Rumination is more common in people who are pessimistic, neurotic, and who have negative attributional styles. ...
- (Ruminated) Physiologically, a ruminant is a mammal of the order Artiodactyla that digests plant-based food by initially softening it within the animal's first stomach, then regurgitating the semi-digested mass, now known as cud, and chewing it again. ...
- The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud and other ruminants; Deep thought or consideration; Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding; An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach
