rumination
Plural: ruminations
Noun
- 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
- The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud.
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin rūminātio (“chewing the cud”); see ruminate.
Synonyms
contemplation, musing, reflection, reflexion, thoughtfulness, cogitation, deliberation, meditation, mulling, pondering, reconsideration, rethinking, rumination, thought
Scrabble Score: 12
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