Rumination is an important stage of making decisions.
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Rumination
//ˌɹuːmɪˈneɪʃən//
Synonyms for "rumination" (39 found)
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Related words (19)
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4 entriesderived
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2 entriesis a
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
40 translations across 18 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اجترار noun (act of ruminating)
Bulgarian
2 entries- преживяне noun (act of ruminating)
- размисъл noun (deep thought)
Catalan
3 entries- remugament noun (act of ruminating)
- ruminació noun (act of ruminating)
- ruminació noun (deep thought)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 反芻 /反刍 noun (eating disorder)
- 沈思 noun (deep thought)
- 沉思 noun (deep thought)
Finnish
4 entries- mietiskely noun (deep thought)
- märehdintä noun (act of ruminating)
- märehtiminen noun (act of ruminating)
- märehtiminen noun (deep thought)
French
1 entries- rumination noun (act of ruminating)
German
3 entries- Gedankenversunkenheit noun (deep thought)
- Wiederkäuen noun (act of ruminating)
- Wiederkäuung noun (act of ruminating)
Greek
1 entries- μηρυκασμός noun (act of ruminating)
Indonesian
2 entries- ruminasi noun (act of ruminating)
- ruminasi noun (negative cyclic thinking)
Irish
1 entries- athchogaint noun (act of ruminating)
Maltese
3 entries- ruminazzjoni noun (act of ruminating)
- ruminazzjoni noun (deep thought)
- ruminazzjoni noun (eating disorder)
Persian
1 entries- نشخوار noun (act of ruminating)
Polish
4 entries- przeżuwanie noun (act of ruminating)
- rozmyślanie noun (deep thought)
- ruminacja noun (negative cyclic thinking)
- ruminacja noun (eating disorder)
Romanian
1 entries- rumega noun (act of ruminating)
Russian
2 entries- жева́ние жва́чки noun (act of ruminating)
- размышле́ние noun (deep thought)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ath-chagnadh noun (act of ruminating)
Swedish
3 entries- grubbla noun (deep thought)
- ältande noun (negative cyclic thinking)
- ältning noun (negative cyclic thinking)
Ukrainian
1 entries- жування жуйки noun (act of ruminating)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Cows undertake a process called rumination.
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Amid these internal battles is a clear vision of the chaotic world outside, too; ‘Bless The Bold Future’ is a nuanced rumination on the dangers of bringing new life onto a planet in turmoil
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