"rumination" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɹuːmɪˈneɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rumination.wav Forms: ruminations [plural]
Etymology: From Latin rūminātio (“chewing the cud”); see ruminate. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|rūminātio||chewing the cud}} Latin rūminātio (“chewing the cud”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rumination (countable and uncountable, plural ruminations)
  1. The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of ruminating): преживяне (preživjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), remugament [masculine] (Catalan), ruminació [feminine] (Catalan), märehtiminen (Finnish), märehdintä (Finnish), rumination [feminine] (French), Wiederkäuen [neuter] (German), Wiederkäuung [feminine] (German), μηρυκασμός (mirykasmós) [masculine] (Greek), نشخوار (nešxâr) (Persian), rumega (Romanian), жева́ние жва́чки (ževánije žváčki) [neuter] (Russian), ath-chagnadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), жування жуйки (žuvannja žujky) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-rumination-en-noun-ivz0ZsTp Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 23 37 30 Disambiguation of 'act of ruminating': 95 1 2 2
  2. (figuratively) Deep thought or consideration. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Synonyms: consideration Translations (deep thought): размисъл (razmisǎl) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ruminació [feminine] (Catalan), 沈思 (chénsī) (Chinese Mandarin), 沉思 (chénsī) (Chinese Mandarin), pohdiskelu (Finnish), mietiskely (Finnish), märehtiminen (Finnish), Gedankenversunkenheit [feminine] (German), размышле́ние (razmyšlénije) [neuter] (Russian), grubbla (Swedish)
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  3. (psychology) Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (negative cyclic thinking): ruminaatio (Finnish), ältande (Swedish), ältning (Swedish)
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  4. (pathology) An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology Translations (eating disorder): 反芻 (Chinese Mandarin), 反刍 (fǎnchú) (Chinese Mandarin), ruminaatio (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rumination syndrome Related terms: rumen, ruminant, ruminate, ruminator

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "fǎnchú",
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}

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