Usually means: Repeated, obsessive, negative thought patterns.
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  1. ruminations: Merriam-Webster
  2. ruminations: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ruminations: Vocabulary.com
  4. Ruminations, ruminations: Wordnik
  5. ruminations: Wiktionary
  6. ruminations: Dictionary.com
  7. Ruminations (album), Ruminations: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. ruminations: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ruminations: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See rumination as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rumination)

noun:  The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud.
noun:  (figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.
noun:  (psychology) Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.
noun:  (pathology) An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach.
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