rumination

English

Etymology

From Latin rūminātio (“chewing the cud”); see ruminate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹuːmɪˈneɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

rumination (countable and uncountable, plural ruminations)

1. The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud.
2. (figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:consideration

3. (psychology) Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.
4. (pathology) An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach.

Derived terms

• rumination syndrome

Related terms

• rumen
• ruminant
• ruminate
• ruminator

Translations

act of ruminating

• Bulgarian: преживяне (bg) n (preživjane)
• Catalan: remugament m, ruminació f
• Finnish: märehtiminen (fi), märehdintä
• French: rumination (fr) f
• German: Wiederkäuen n, Wiederkäuung f
• Greek: μηρυκασμός (el) m (mirykasmós)
• Irish: athchogaint f
• Maltese: ruminazzjoni
• Persian: نشخوار (fa) (nešxâr)
• Romanian: rumega (ro)
• Russian: жева́ние жва́чки n (ževánije žváčki)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-chagnadh m
• Ukrainian: жування жуйки n (žuvannja žujky)

deep thought

• Bulgarian: размисъл (bg) m (razmisǎl)
• Catalan: ruminació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沈思 (zh) (chénsī), 沉思 (zh) (chénsī)

• Finnish: pohdiskelu (fi), mietiskely (fi), märehtiminen (fi)
• German: Gedankenversunkenheit f
• Maltese: ruminazzjoni
• Russian: размышле́ние (ru) n (razmyšlénije)
• Swedish: grubbla (sv)

negative cyclic thinking

• Finnish: ruminaatio
• Swedish: ältande (sv), ältning

eating disorder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反芻 / 反刍 (zh) (fǎnchú)

• Finnish: ruminaatio
• Maltese: ruminazzjoni

Further reading

• “rumination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “rumination”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “rumination”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

From Latin rūminātiōnem (“chewing the cud”); see ruminer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁy.mi.na.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

rumination f (plural ruminations)

1. rumination (act of ruminating)

Further reading

• “rumination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.