Antonyms for rumination
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : roo-muh-neyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈru məˌneɪt |
Definition of rumination
Origin :- c.1600, "act of ruminating; act of meditating," from Latin ruminationem (nominative ruminatio) "a chewing the cud," noun of action from past participle stem of ruminare (see ruminate).
- noun thought
- But Barbara did not flinch; and her mother relapsed into rumination.
- Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy
- A shiver, and a return beneath the blankets for five minutes' rumination.
- Extract from : « Cavalry of the Clouds » by Alan Bott
- Food is taken only in small quantities and rumination is stopped.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Sheep: » by Ambrose Blacklock
- James was seated in the buggy outside, engaged in rumination.
- Extract from : « Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work » by Edith Van Dyne
- His also was a “melancholy of his own,” a “humorous sadness in which his often rumination wrapt him.”
- Extract from : « The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's » by David Masson
- Complete dilatation is sometimes indicated by long addiction to habits of rumination.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
- That rumination on this problem by no means ended here, is shown by the occasional ideas conceived during the following weeks.
- Extract from : « Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology » by C. G. Jung
- Thus you find that all animals having horns, have also a structure of stomach fit for rumination, and teeth upon one jaw only.
- Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
- You know, therefore, what is the cause that oxen and sheep have a structure of stomach fit for rumination.
- Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
- In some instances this rumination is an agreeable sensuous process.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
Synonyms for rumination
- anticipation
- apprehending
- attention
- brainwork
- cerebration
- cogitation
- cognition
- concluding
- consideration
- considering
- contemplation
- deducing
- deduction
- deliberation
- deriving
- discerning
- excogitation
- heed
- hope
- ideation
- inducing
- inferring
- introspection
- intuition
- judging
- knowing
- logic
- meditation
- musing
- perceiving
- rationalization
- rationalizing
- realizing
- reasoning
- reflection
- regard
- scrutiny
- seeing
- speculation
- study
- theorization
- thinking
- understanding
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