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meditator

meditator

4 3.7
A person who sits quietly and focuses on breathing to relax
  • noun
  • /ˈmɛdɪˌteɪtər/
translation icon : meditador
  • The most common influences to begin meditating were personal experiences (39.4%, n = 13) and another meditator (21.2%, n = 7).
  • Buddhist meditator
  • meditators and nonmeditators
  • meditator group

So how does this color your experience as a meditator, as a, as a business person?

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Examples

  • Dr. Lorin Roche, a meditation teacher, says a major problem arises from the way meditators interpret Buddhist and Hindu teachings.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Meditation allows the meditator to control inner conflict and discover the element of choice within a perceived problem.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Become a better meditator and just give insight into why we do it and what the benefits are.

  • Richard, a former meditator who gave only his first name, offers the following observations:

    Academic text (2007)
  • Why should I think that the meditator's experiences of light are anything more than a physiological response?

    Academic text (1994)
  • Having established these two steps, the meditator then chooses a contrasting relation through which to investigate the object selected in the first step.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Because even if we become master meditators and discover our inner chill, if our loved ones are struggling, or our country is at war, or we're facing climate disasters, it's going to be hard for us to live in peace.

  • What was well, the study in long term meditators is something that's it's near and dear to my heart because I'm I'm a long term meditator now.

  • The purpose of the present study was to examine differences between meditators and non-meditators on indices of psychosocial adaptation.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Every morning, the meditator sits quietly in the garden to clear her mind and find inner peace.

Synonyms

contemplative
vsmeditator
1 6.7

A person who spends a lot of time in quiet prayer or thought

aims at relaxation, focus, or general mental clarity rather than only religion
contemplator
vsmeditator
7.4

A person who spends time thinking quietly and deeply

focuses on regular practice aimed at relaxation, concentration, and mental clarity
muser
vsmeditator
9.8

A person who spends time quietly thinking about life

practices a disciplined technique to calm and sharpen the mind
cogitator
vsmeditator
  • Formal
9.3

A person who thinks deeply about ideas or problems

uses repeated calming practice to relax and improve attention instead of analysis

How Experienced

master
791 4.2
teacher
97 2.9
practitioner
120 4.0
meditator
4 3.7
beginner
81 1.0

Surface Forms

meditator singular
meditators plural

Morphology

meditator = meditate (transparent) = meditate + or

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'meditate' with the productive suffix '-or', indicating 'a person who meditates'.

Etymology

Meditator comes from the old Latin word meditari, which means 'to think' or 'reflect' and is the same root as meditate and meditation. So a meditator is someone who sits quietly to think or reflect in order to calm and focus the mind.