cogitations
Lengthy mental deliberations
Cogitations are thoughts, especially deep or careful ones.
The word is somewhat formal or literary, often used with a touch of irony: I'll leave you to your cogitations.
Where thoughts might be fleeting, cogitations suggests prolonged mental activity—turning something over in the mind.
Thinking deeply about something
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- musingsLeisurely contemplative thoughts
speculation · musing · reflection · consideration · cerebration · ideation · brooding · reasoning
Mental knowledge acquisition
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- understandingMental comprehension of something
insight · wisdom · acumen · sagacity · perception · judgment · discernment · intellection
Focused attention practice
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- self-analysisScrutinizing one's own psyche
- self-questioningProbing one's own thoughts
self-scrutiny · existentialism · metaphysics · epistemology · phenomenology · dialectics · rationalism · empiricism
pondering
Thinking deeply about something
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
musings · speculation · musing · reflection · consideration · cerebration · ideation · brooding · reasoning · analysis
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
understanding · insight · wisdom · acumen · sagacity · perception · judgment · discernment · intellection · ratiocination
meditation
Focused attention practice
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- self-analysisScrutinizing one's own psyche
self-questioning · self-scrutiny · existentialism · metaphysics · epistemology · phenomenology · dialectics · rationalism · empiricism · solipsism
cogitationssnap judgments
Rapid assessments without deliberation
gut reactions · impulses · knee-jerk reactions · instincts · reflexes
cogitationsthoughtlessness
Lack of careful consideration
mindlessness · vacuity · empty-headedness · stupor · oblivion