contemplative
IPA: kʌntˈɛmpɫʌtɪv
noun
- Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious or philosophical contemplation.
adjective
- Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
- Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.
- Relating to, or having the power of, contemplation.
- (medicine, psychiatry) In a phase of mental activity in which one begins to recognize and acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as own's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.
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Examples of "contemplative" in Sentences
- The nominated article is contemplative art.
- However, the mood of the piece is not contemplative.
- It comments on the unknowable in a contemplative mood.
- The frescoes are apparently for contemplative purpose.