Rumination Definition

ro͝omə-nāshən
ruminations
noun
ruminations
The act of thinking about something in a sustained fashion.
American Heritage Medicine
The act or process of chewing cud.
American Heritage Medicine

(figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.

Wiktionary

(psychology) Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.

Wiktionary

(pathology) An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach.

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Other Word Forms of Rumination

Noun

Singular:
rumination
Plural:
ruminations

Origin of Rumination

  • From Latin rūminātio "chewing the cud"; see ruminate.

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Rumination Sentence Examples

  • Different than beer, different than spirit alcohol, wine inherently lends itself more to in-depth analysis, rumination, introspection, chit-chat, and general critiquing.

  • It's a maudlin rumination on loathsome rich kids and their disgusting, ill-mannered behavior, and their even more disgusting, ill-mannered behavior, and their even more disgusting, ill-mannered parents.

  • It's a maudlin rumination on loathsome rich kids and their disgusting, ill-mannered behavior, and their even more disgusting, ill-mannered parents.

  • We never-the-less decided to postpone discussion until the following day when, as Martha said, we had a night of rumination and our wits about us.

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