absentmindedness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
absentmindedness
    n 1: preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on
         attention are ignored
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Absent-minded \Ab`sent-mind"ed\, a.
   Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. --
   {Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness}, n. -- {Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly}, adv.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "absentmindedness":
      Lethe, Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absorption, abstractedness,
      abstraction, bemusement, brown study, carelessness,
      castle-building, daydream, daydreamer, daydreaming,
      decay of memory, depth of thought, disregard, disregardfulness,
      distraction, dream, dreaming, engrossment, fantasy, fantasying,
      fit of abstraction, flightiness, flippancy, forgetfulness,
      forgetting, forgiveness, frivolousness, giddiness,
      hazy recollection, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency,
      inattention, inattentiveness, inconsideration, incuriosity,
      indifference, inobservance, levity, lightmindedness, mooning,
      moonraking, muse, musefulness, musing, muted ecstasy, negligence,
      nepenthe, nirvana, nonobservance, obliteration, oblivion,
      obliviousness, pipe dream, pipe-dreaming, preoccupation,
      regardlessness, reverie, shallowness, short memory, stargazing,
      study, superficiality, thoughtlessness, trance, unalertness,
      unawareness, unconsciousness, unheedfulness, unintentiveness,
      unmindfulness, unobservance, unwariness, unwatchfulness,
      waters of oblivion, woolgathering

    

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