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Adjective
/kənˈtemplətiv/,
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Expressing or involving prolonged thought,
  1. Expressing or involving prolonged thought
    • - she regarded me with a contemplative eye
  2. Involving or given to deep silent prayer or religious meditation
    • - contemplative knowledge of God
Noun
  1. A person whose life is devoted primarily to prayer, esp. in a monastery or convent

  1. a person devoted to the contemplative life
  2. brooding: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
  3. (contemplativeness) pensiveness: deep serious thoughtfulness
  4. (contemplation) a long and thoughtful observation
  5. The word contemplation comes from the Latin root templum (from Greek temnein: to cut or divide). It means separating something from its environment and enclosing it in a sector. Contemplation is the Latin translation of Greek 'theory' (theoria). ...
  6. (Contemplation (Kafka)) Contemplation, or Meditation (Betrachtung in German) is a sequence of eighteen short stories by Franz Kafka written between 1904 and 1912. Eight of these stories were published under the same title in the bimonthly Hyperion and were Kafka's first publication. ...
  7. A cloistered Roman Catholic religious; Pertaining to one who contemplates or is introspective and thoughtful; Pertaining especially to a contemplative Roman Catholic religious or one of the contemplative Roman Catholic religious orders
  8. (contemplation) The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study; Holy meditation; The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing
  9. (contemplation) A life of prayer and meditation as practised by certain Roman Catholic orders
  10. (contemplation) There is a much quicker way to reunite with God than through any form of contemplation. ...
  11. (Contemplation) (1) Early theological term for mystical experience. (2) Introspective states of absorption.
  12. (Contemplation) (n) The act of exploring an idea in multiple directions to extract its depths. Also known as “discursive meditation”, due to its primarily rational methods, to differentiate it from meditation proper.
  13. (Contemplation) A form of wordless prayer in which mind and heart focus on God's greatness and goodness in affective, loving adoration; to look on Jesus and the mysteries of his life with faith and love.
  14. (Contemplation) A prolonged period of conscious thought about a specific topic
  15. (Contemplation) A type of prayer or meditation in the Christian, especially Catholic, tradition. It is an attempt to experience God directly. ...
  16. (Contemplation) An act of prayer focusing on the loving presence of God within the person.
  17. (Contemplation) In a religious sense it is a type of prayer or meditation. Within Western Christianity it is related to mysticism, and portrayed by the works of authors such as Teresa of Avila, Margery Kempe, Augustine Baker and Thomas Merton. ...
  18. (Contemplation) In a religious sense, the practice of meditation on spiritual matters.
  19. (Contemplation) Members examine themselves. They are individually and collectively self-aware of the world outside themselves, the world inside themselves, and the relationship between the two.
  20. (Contemplation) One of the stages of the Stages of Change behavioral theory; person is aware that a problem exists, is seriously thinking about overcoming it, but has not yet made a commitment to take action.
  21. (Contemplation) current smokers who either were seriously considering quitting within the next six months but answered "NO" to the question "Are you seriously considering quitting within the next 30 days? ...
  22. (Contemplation) the action of looking thoughtfully at something for a long time; deep reflective thought (page 136)
  23. (Contemplation) to survey with eyes or mind; to regard as possible; to intend
  24. (contemplation) the operation of the intellect or understanding when it attends to a known object for the sake of attending to it; human beings must acquire the knowledge of an object before they can contemplate the object.
  25. (contemplation) to think deeply and at length