Word Meanings - SELF-INVOLUTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie.

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• THOUGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Think.
• ABSTRACTION
  The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or
• THOUGHTLESS
  1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act. 2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. Johnson. 3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. Dryden. -- Thought"less*ly,
• INVOLUTION
  The insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction. (more info) 1. The act of involving or infolding. 2. The state of being entangled or involved; complication;
• ABSTRACTIONAL
  Pertaining to abstraction.
• THOUGHTFUL
  1. Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind. War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades. Pope. 2. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful
• HENCE
  ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send
• ABSTRACTIONIST
  An idealist. Emerson.
• THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE
  Telepathy.
• HENCEFORWARD
  From this time forward; henceforth.
• REVERIE; REVERY
  1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. "Rapt in nameless reveries." Tennyson. When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French
• HENCEFORTH
  From this time forward; henceforward. I never from thy side henceforth to stray. Milton.
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• BETHOUGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Bethink.
• THENCEFROM
  From that place.
• FORETHOUGHT
  Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. "Forethought malice." Bacon.
• NEW THOUGHT
  Any form of belief in mental healing other than Christian Science and hypnotism or psychotherapy. Its central principle is affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances,
• THENCE
  see -wards) thennes, thannes , AS. thanon, thanan, thonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannan, danan, and G. 1. From that place. "Bid him thence go." Chaucer. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark
• ARCHENCEPHALA
  The division that includes man alone. R. Owen.
• THENCEFORTH
  From that time; thereafter. If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt. v. 13. Note: This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom. Chaucer. John. xix. 12.
• WHENCEEVER
  Whencesoever.
• AFTERTHOUGHT
  Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.
• FORETHOUGHTFUL
  Having forethought.