rumination
Noun
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Noun
rumination
- The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud and other ruminants.
- (figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.
- (psychology) Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.
- (pathology) An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach.
- French: rumination
- Russian: жева́ние жва́чки
- German: Gedankenversunkenheit
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