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What is a rumination?

What is a rumination? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud and other ruminants.
  2. (figuratively) Deep thought or 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.
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Most rumination is done at night, with a significant amount also taking place during the afternoon rest time.
The tendency to engage in rumination exposes a huge gender difference in the handling of emotional experience.
It will be some time before an architect holds our attention so much and prompts such rumination.
One thing that keeps people in the cycle of rumination is a sense that they're incredibly profound and gaining tremendous insight.
The forms of both concertos are quite free and tend towards a pattern of orchestral tuttis interspersed with cadenza-like periods of rumination.
Saliva secretion in ruminants is continuous but increases with eating and rumination.

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