contemplative
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- noun
- /kənˈtɛm.plə.tɪv/
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contemplativo
- Contemplatives seek a deeper understanding of themselves and their faith.
Examples
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It presumes considerable ascetic training, so that the contemplative is no longer attached to objects and nature, but can instead discern their essential natures and their symbolic relation to God.
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Humility is what contemplatives throughout the ages have identified as essential for all personal advancement (intellectual, spiritual, emotional).
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"The entire life of a good contemplative is nothing less than holy desire.
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In religious language, this turn in the contemplative's development may be called "the resurrection of the body."
Academic text (1990) -
The contemplative's movement toward God, though always in God, who is above him, is both inward and outward.
Academic text (2007) -
From Quakers to Reformers to Pietists to Contemplatives, they all encourage us in the way of meditative prayer.
Blog text (2) -
The occupation of a compassionate contemplative, Merton announces, is not to castigate but to find the hidden wholeness of self that will unite him with others.
Academic text (1993) -
Bonaventura places the births of Joseph and Benjamin in the Final Church Triumphant, which is characterized as a church or order of contemplatives living in transcendent peace and wisdom, the ecclesia contemplativa.
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A contemplative often spends long hours meditating in solitude.
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As a contemplative, she dedicates herself to deep spiritual reflection.
Synonyms
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A person who sits quietly and focuses on breathing to relax
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A person who seeks inner peace through silent prayer and calm thinking
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A person who thinks deeply about ideas or problems
A person who spends time thinking quietly and deeply
A person who spends time quietly thinking about life
A person who often thinks quietly and carefully about things
A person who thinks deeply about ideas or problems
A person who often thinks deeply about their own thoughts and feelings
How Contemplative
Surface Forms
Morphology
contemplative = contemplative (semi-transparent) = contemplate + ive
The noun is a substantivized use of the adjective 'contemplative', so the connection is clear, but the specialized religious/person sense is slightly lexicalized.
Etymology
Contemplative comes from the Latin verb contemplari, meaning 'to look' in a special place called a templum ('temple'). People who were called contemplatives spent long, quiet hours in such places to pray and think, so today a contemplative is someone who spends a lot of time in quiet, often for religious reasons.