absentmindedness
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
absentmindedness
n 1: preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on
attention are ignored
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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