contemplative en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kənˈtɛmplətɪv/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɑntəmˌpleɪtɪv/ (US, rare)
- /ˈkɒntəmplətɪv/ (UK)
- /kənˈtɛmplətɪv/ (UK)
- /ˈkɒntəmˌpleɪtɪv/ (UK, rare)
Etymology
From Middle English contemplatyve, contemplatyf, from Old French contemplatif, from Latin contemplātīvus.
Meanings
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Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
Compared with the greatest poets, he may be said to be the poet of unpoetical natures, possessed of quiet and contemplative tastes. But unpoetical natures are precisely those which require poetic cultivation. This cultivation Wordsworth is much more fitted to give, than poets who are intrinsically far more poets than he.
1873, John Stuart Mill, chapter 5, in Autobiography:
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Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.
Whether the nuns of yore, being of a submissive rather than a stiff-necked generation, habitually bent their contemplative heads to avoid collision with the beams in the low ceilings of the many chambers of their House [...] may be matters of interest to its haunting ghosts (if any), but constitute no item in Miss Twinkleton's half-yearly accounts.
1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, “'”, in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC:
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Relating to, or having the power of, contemplation.
contemplative faculties
- In a phase of mental activity in which one begins to recognize and acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as one's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more contemplative | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most contemplative | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
contemplativeness · noncontemplative · contemplatively · uncontemplative
Hypernyms
Relateds
Synonyms
contemplative · thinking · wistful · intelligent · attentive · thinkful · speculative · studious · museful · musing · reflective · thoughty · calculant · deliberative · meditative · pensive · thoughtful · introspective · cogitabund
Translations (24)
ca contemplatiu (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · hi ध्यानी (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · pl medytacyjny (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · de nachdenklich (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · fi mietiskelevä (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · it contemplativo (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · hi चिंतनशील (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · hi विचारशील (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · hi मननशील (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · hu elmélkedő (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · de kontemplativ (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · pl kontemplacyjny (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · ro contemplativ (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · gl contemplativo (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · fi mietteliäs (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · ro meditativ (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · fr contemplatif (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · oc contemplatiu (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · pl bogomyślny (pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders) · bg замислен (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · pl refleksyjny (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · hi ध्यानशील (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · tl kontemplatibo (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative) · es contemplativo (inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative)