Antonyms for contemplation
ˌkɒn təmˈpleɪ ʃən, -tɛm-con·tem·pla·tion

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1. contemplationnoun

   The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.

   Antonyms:
   pragmatism

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1. contemplationnoun

   a long and thoughtful observation

   Synonyms:
   musing, rumination, thoughtfulness, reflexion, reflection

2. contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulnessnoun

   a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

   Synonyms:
   mirror image, expression, reflexion, reflectivity, manifestation, considerateness, thoughtfulness, rumination, consideration, observation, musing, reflection

How to use contemplation in a sentence?

1. Émile Durkheim:

   Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. It is a product of our own thought. We create it out of whole cloth.

2. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   i, ras cardo will say this truth. All my works as posted online or off are in my copyright control before you see them.I will also add-if some humans could stop looking at other human beings- as property- for sale or let, then will the world be on its road to peaceful co-existence of the races. Until then, there will continue to be strife and hatred and death! for in the minds of men exists the contemplation to do evil.

3. Apar Gupta:

   The risks include information collection which goes beyond the reasonable contemplation of a user, if they do not have adequate notice of what information is being gathered they have no meaningful way of knowing what they are bartering away in order to get a loan.

4. Albert Einstein:

   The physicist cannot simply surrender to the philosopher the critical contemplation of the theoretical foundations for he himself knows best and feels most surely where the shoe pinches.... he must try to make clear in his own mind just how far the concepts which he uses are justified... The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

5. William Shakespeare:

   I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace, and part of this body and my soul with contemplation and devout desires.

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