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ABSENTMINDEDNESS
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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
Sense 1
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)
Derivation:
absentminded (lost in thought; showing preoccupation)
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