absence of mind

English

Noun

absence of mind (uncountable)

  1. A state or the quality of being absent-minded (abstracted, preoccupied). [First attested in the early 18th century.][1]

Synonyms

Translations

See also

References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absence of mind”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.