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ABSENTMINDEDNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does absentmindedness mean?

• ABSENTMINDEDNESS (noun)
The noun ABSENTMINDEDNESS has 1 sense:

1. preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored

Familiarity information: ABSENTMINDEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABSENTMINDEDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("absentmindedness" is a kind of...):

absorption; engrossment; preoccupancy; preoccupation (the mental state of being preoccupied by something)

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