absentmindedness

noun

Definition of absentmindednessnext
as in preoccupation

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  1. preoccupation
  2. absorption
  3. abstraction
  4. meditation
Noun
  • Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (2016) ‘Days Without End’ by Sebastian Barry $19 $26 now 27% off This novel deals with one of Irish literature’s enduring preoccupations: the search for a better life in America.
    Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Surely this grafts the preoccupations of a later era onto her eighteenth-century life.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of preoccupation
Noun
  • Drinking alcohol can interfere with sleep, gut health, and the absorption of essential micronutrients, all of which can have an effect on mood as well as lead to other health problems.
    Christina Manian, Health, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Therefore, isoleucine may theoretically affect the absorption and, thus, the efficacy of levodopa.
    Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of absorption
Noun
  • Math should be thought of as a dialogue between the two: between reason and instinct, between language and abstraction.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Studying under the Russian-French sculptor Ossip Zadkine in New York inspired her to embrace internationalism and abstraction.
    Shameekia Shantel Johnson, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of abstraction
Noun
  • The discovery opens up the potential for the creation of new drugs that would mimic the relaxed state common during breath work, meditation or yoga.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Practice relaxation techniques such as meditation, yoga, and mindfulness.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of meditation
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