ruminative
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7.9
- adjective
- /ˈrumɪnətɪv/
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ruminativo
- He often becomes ruminative when reflecting on his childhood experiences during quiet evenings.
When you pop out of that ruminative fantasy, you're just back where you started.
- When you pop out of that ruminative fantasy, you're just back where you started.
- Is this lack of blood evidence testimony to the killer's fastidiousness, or a prod to go down other ruminative paths?
- You may find yourself having to become suspicious, ruminative, and then breaking rules of social conduct that are also not very healthy.
- But now will slowly start the nagging ruminative doubt of they only like me because I paid for this big dinner.
Examples
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Further, ruminative coping was strongly related to depression.
Academic text (2006) -
Research shows that girls tend to use ruminative coping more than boys, a style that involves perseverating on unpleasant situations and the negative feelings associated with problems (Rose, 2002; Nolen-Hoeksema & Girgus, 1994), and that they engage more in co-rumination, making them more vulnerable to the distress of their friends.
Academic text (2007) -
I suppose that also creates a base of ruminative thoughts to considering yourself how other people see you.
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However, girls were more likely than boys to use ruminative coping.
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When you pop out of that ruminative fantasy, you're just back where you started.
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Greater degrees of ruminative coping were related to high levels of depressive symptoms.
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It was difficult to process that muted, ruminative quality, but after a second and third viewing, I was sold.
Blog text (4) -
Christian de Quincey is a ruminative philosopher who serves as the managing editor of IONS Review at the Institute of Noetic Sciences.
Academic text (2001) -
Further, Nolen-Hoeksema (1994) suggested that the ruminative and distractive coping response sets might be a result of socialization processes that contribute to gender stereotypes.
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After a long day, she sat in her favorite chair, lost in ruminative thoughts about her future.
Synonyms
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4.5
A person who thinks carefully about ideas or feelings
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7.4
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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6.0
Thinking deeply and quietly, often for a long time
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7.0
Being quiet and deep in thought, often a little sad
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6.2
Having a quiet, serious mood that feels dark
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8.0
Being serious and quiet because of deep thought
Thinking carefully for a long time about something
Being quiet and thinking deeply about something
Antonyms
How Thoughtful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ruminative comes from the Latin ruminare, which means 'to chew again', like a cow that chews the same food slowly a second time. Being ruminative is like 'chewing' a thought over slowly, so it means thinking deeply about something.