nonthinking
- noun
- /nɒnˈθɪŋkɪŋ/
:
estado de no pensar
- During the quiet hours of the night, I experienced nonthinking, appreciating the stillness around me.
Examples
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These can be set up in schematic form: MIND/MATTER thinking/nonthinking nonspatial/spatial purposeful/mechanical free/determined private/public seat of value/valuable subjective/objective
Academic text (1995) -
Meditation often leads to nonthinking, where your mind is calm and free from distractions.
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We have seen that this approach defined matter as nonthinking, mechanical, determined, etc.
Academic text (1995) -
In short, he throws down the gauntlet to the majority of Americans whose thinking, or nonthinking, reflects nonpacifist and nonviolent presuppositions.
Academic text (1991) -
Above all, it announces a "nonthinking" whereupon "every successful conceptualization of the uncanny is doubled and also determined by failing conceptualizations."
Blog text (22) -
After a long day of work, I found myself in a state of nonthinking, enjoying the tranquility of the moment.
Synonyms
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3.5
A time of complete quiet and no movement that feels calm
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7.3
A lack of thought or care in what someone does
A blank look that shows no clear thought or feeling
Antonyms
How Mentally Active
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word nonthinking is made of non- 'not' and thinking, and a helpful way to remember the noun sense is to think of a 'quiet mind' in meditation, a calm state without active thoughts. So nonthinking as a noun means that peaceful awareness rather than busy thinking.