contemplative🔊

Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.

Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.

Relating to, or having the power of, contemplation.

(medicine, psychiatry) In a phase of mental activity in which one begins to recognize and acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as own's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.

Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious or philosophical contemplation.