Rumination

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  • noun. The act of thinking about something in a sustained fashion.
  • noun. The act or process of chewing cud.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud.
  • noun. The act of ruminating or meditating; a musing or continued thinking on a subject; meditation or reflection.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.
  • noun. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.
  • noun. The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud and other ruminants.
  • noun. Deep thought or consideration.
  • noun. Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.
  • noun. An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (of ruminants) chewing (the cud)
  • noun. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
  • noun. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
    • Word Usage
    "Dwelling on the negative -- which we call "rumination" -- will only make you depressed."
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    chew  chewing  disgorgement  emesis  manduction  
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    Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cogitation  dejection  excogitation  longing  musings  
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