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rumination

noun/ˌruːmɪˈneɪʃən/

B2CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Repetitive, circling thought about distress and its causes.

Therapy helped her interrupt the nightly rumination.

Similar: brooding, overthinking

Origin: Latin ruminari 'to chew over'.

Topic: Mental health in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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