Contemplative
21Contemplative psychotherapy — is a form of therapy started in the west by Trungpa Rinpoche. Like Jung, it uses religion (in this case Buddhism)[1][2] to help the client ‘accept’ who they are. It criticizes western psychological tendencies to interpret mental pain as… …
22contemplative life — (theology and philosophy) Life devoted to meditation (cf ↑active life) • • • Main Entry: ↑contemplate …
23Contemplative prayer — In Christian mysticism, contemplative prayer or contemplation, for which the Greek term theoria (θεωρία) is also used,[1] is a form of prayer distinct from vocal prayer (recitation of words) and from meditation in the strict sense (a form of… …
24contemplative — I. adjective Date: 14th century marked by or given to contemplation; specifically of or relating to a religious order devoted to prayer and penance • contemplatively adverb • contemplativeness noun II. noun Date: 14th century a person who… …
25contemplative — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. meditative, pensive, attentive; see pensive , studious , thoughtful 1 . See Synonym Study at pensive . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. thoughtful, intent, introspective, absorbed, pensive, meditative, reflective,… …
26contemplative — con|tem|pla|tive [ kən templətıv, kantəm,pleıtıv ] adjective spending a lot of time thinking very carefully about something …
27contemplative — con·tem·pla·tive || kÉ‘ntÉ™mpleɪtɪv / kÉ’n adj. pensive, reflective, meditative; speculative …
28contemplative — [kən tɛmplətɪv] adjective expressing or involving contemplation. noun a person whose life is devoted to prayer, especially in a monastery or convent. Derivatives contemplatively adverb …
29contemplative — a. Thoughtful, studious, given to contemplation, meditative, musing …
30contemplative — adj 1. meditative, meditating, musing, pondering, brooding, mulling over; reflective, reflecting, cogitative, cogitating, ruminant, ruminative, ruminating, chewing, chewing one s cud; pensive, thoughtful, concentrating, intent, abstracted, rapt… …
