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meditative Definition

medi·ta·tive (medə tāt′iv)

adjective

  1. meditating or inclined to meditate
  2. indicating meditation

Etymology: LL meditativus

meditative Related Forms

medi·ta′·tively adverb

meditative Synonyms

meditative

modif.

meditative Usage Examples

Preposition: in

tone: It is generally rather subdued and meditative in tone.

Modifies a noun

  • absorption: The monk who envies the gains of others does not attain to meditative absorption.
  • mood: You must judge whether using different music would distract them or enhance their meditative mood.
  • state: The meditative state connects us to the true, real, us.
  • prayer: They are used as an aid to meditative prayer, either private or communal.
  • poem: It is used widely for narrative and meditative poems.
  • technique: She also uses meditative techniques to evoke the deep energies which underpin her work, particularly her graphics.

Modifying Another Word

  • almost: The process is almost meditative, requiring great concentration.
  • very: The opening segment has a very space rock feel to it, full of swirling synth effects creating a very meditative mood.

Used with adjective complement

become: The reader came back to the same text and his/her reading became meditative.