contemplative
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- adjective
- /kənˈtɛm.plə.tɪv/
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contemplativo
- I live a quiet, contemplative life.
- contemplative practices
- contemplative prayer
- contemplative life
And simran is some kind of contemplative self inquiry.
- And simran is some kind of contemplative self inquiry.
- So this is where the resource, the inner resource of contemplative practice really starts to shine.
- Or should you live a mixed life that combines these two, that in some ways determines when you ought to be active and when you ought to be contemplative?
- So contemplative reading of scripture, just slowing down and really listening to what God is speaking through the scriptures.
- But let me just cut to the chase and say where this where this contemplative journey took me.
- I have it in this kind of contemplative, you know, Hamlet like pose.
- So most of the fears that we actually have are just negative contemplative thoughts that we're rerunning too often.
- Some of them are great, but none had the maturity and the this contemplative nature to it and this kind of tone that really spoke well.
- Well, you, you, you strike me as somebody who is kind of an insular, you know, perhaps somewhat introverted person, contemplative.
- Like I think I read actually that you, am I right about this, that you spend your mornings doing exercise and writing and contemplative things the first part of the day?
Examples
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So the summit embraces and encourages a variety of different contemplative practices.
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The effect of this style in the Ara Pacis is to induce a contemplative mood.
Academic text (1990) -
Perhaps we should discuss Word of Peace in a less busy, more contemplative atmosphere.
Fiction book (1990) -
Every day you go on your two hours contemplative walk under the olive trees.
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You are not satisfied with the contemplative life.
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Religious expressions at this level are personal, deeply contemplative, and usually solitary.
Academic text (1994) -
Essentially a quiet, unobtrusive genre, the still life requires a contemplative attitude of its audience.
Academic text (1993) -
What mattered was faith in the efficacy of contemplative prayer and belief in the power of the spirit.
Fiction book (1993) -
Empathy is an essential part of Williams's contemplative ideal, a crossroads of the sacred and the secular.
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His contemplative nature helped him gain insight into his own feelings.
Synonyms
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Serious and quietly thinking about something
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A person who thinks carefully about ideas or feelings
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To think carefully about your own feelings and thoughts
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5.6
Thinking deeply and quietly in a calm way
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Being quiet and deep in thought, often a little sad
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Thinking deeply about something, often in a quiet way
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Focusing very seriously on something in your mind
Being quiet and thinking deeply to feel calm
Being quiet and thinking deeply about something
Thinking carefully to understand or solve something
How Contemplative
Surface Forms
Morphology
contemplative = contemplate (transparent) = contemplate + ive
The adjective is a regular formation from the verb 'contemplate' with '-ive' meaning 'relating to or given to contemplation'.
Etymology
Contemplative comes from the Latin verb contemplari, meaning 'to look' in a templum ('temple'), where people sat quietly to think or pray. That's why when something or someone is described as contemplative it means they involve deep, calm thinking and reflection.