absentmindedness

noun

Definition of absentmindednessnext
as in preoccupation

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  1. preoccupation
  2. absorption
  3. abstraction
  4. meditation
Noun
  • To some people, this preoccupation with horror can seem tone-deaf.
    Sarah Kollat, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
  • To some people, this preoccupation with horror can seem tone deaf.
    Sarah Kollat, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of preoccupation
Noun
  • This decrease in cost ratio is due to improved mix and higher absorption in the Sypris Technologies segment.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Preventing abnormal ferritin levels involves managing iron intake and absorption.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of absorption
Noun
  • While specialized tools often operate at a higher level of abstraction and can more easily automate insights, too many can over-complicate IT environments.
    Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The priciest one, her abstraction Noon (ca. 1969), sold for $22.6 million.
    Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of abstraction
Noun
  • The director illustrates much of this through long, patient takes, often keeping distance with interjections of a slow push in towards Lee’s face, studying him in meditation as the the sounds of the natural world quietly score the scene, as though the two are in communion.
    Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Thorne also recommends therapy, meditation, prayer and exercise.
    Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of meditation
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