Collocations withthought
These are words often used in combination withthought.
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abstract thought
This practising man's antipathy towards abstract thought is important.
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anxious thought
The matter is one which is, of course, engaging our anxious thought.
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automatic thought
It is an automatic thought with him.
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coherent thought
Other countries give more coherent thought to their trade missions.
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comforting thought
It would be a very comforting thought if we could think that that was likely to take place.
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conscious thought
The self-organization of conscious thought must not be understood as the organization of conscious thought under the control of the self.
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creative thought
He seems to believe that the human language-faculty by itself is sufficient to explain our disposition to engage in creative thought.
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deep thought
He will know that none of this announcement has been made without deep thought and genuine concern for the individuals who might be involved.
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depressing thought
This is a depressing thought.
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disturbing thought
It is a disturbing thought that of the 1 million-strong care workforce, only 20 per cent have any recognised training qualification at all.
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feminist thought
The romantic ideal of self-overcoming within the ' superman ' literature resonated with feminist thought.
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final thought
In each the final thought is set off by a somewhat prominent initial letter.
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frightening thought
It is a frightening thought that there are season ticket holders who are not yet today getting their money's worth.
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horrifying thought
The statistical chances of another accident must exist, although it is a horrifying thought that somewhere in the world there could be another accident.
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inner thoughts
It is also the place where emotions and inner thoughts can be shared and affective and confidant support is found.
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innermost thoughts
I could almost penetrate his mind, his innermost thoughts, when he spoke.
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intrusive thoughts
Expressive writing moderates the relation between intrusive thoughts and depressive symptoms.
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logical thought
There are many aspects of mental function, such as verbal and logical thought, that are clearly experienced in this abstract manner.
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mere thought
Coming from very poor households, the mere thought of keeping an audience enthralled must be no mean sense of fulfilment.
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mode of thought
By abstracting entities from their relational context and rendering them as alienated objects, this mode of thought allows things to be valorized against each other.
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negative thought
According to the cognitive theory, depression is a result of negative thought patterns and not in itself the result of the individual's present external circumstances.
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passing thought
But if they want positively to give a passing thought to taking on the new status, they are free to do so.
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philosophical thought
This common-sense misconception then finds its way into philosophical thought.
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random thought
I wanted to throw in a few random thoughts on both aspects.
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rational thought
Mathematical logic is sometimes useful for rational thought, but it is not the whole of rational thought or its criterion of adequacy.
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sobering thought
Perhaps this sobering thought should inhibit further speculation.
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sombre thought
It is, however, a sombre thought that such an organisation is necessary.
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terrifying thought
That is a terrifying thought when we talk about our industrial recovery.
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unconscious thought
This strategy follows one strict rule, making conscious thought rather than unconscious thought the preferred mode of thinking.
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