mindfulness.

Deliberate attention to what is happening now, including your experience, without immediately reacting to it.

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Words that belong together

• mindfulness practice
• cultivate mindfulness

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A moment of mindfulness helped him separate his irritation from what she had actually said.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.