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Definition of Inattention
1. Noun. Lack of attention.
Specialized synonyms: Heedlessness, Inattentiveness, Distraction, Disregard, Neglect
Antonyms: Attention
Definition of Inattention
1. n. Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.
Definition of Inattention
1. Noun. Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect. ¹
2. Noun. An act of neglect; failure of courtesy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inattention
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Inattention
1. Lack of attention; negligence. Selective inattention, an aspect of attentiveness in which a person attempts to ignore or avoid perceiving that which generates anxiety. Sensory inattention, the inability to feel a tactile stimulus when a similar stimulus, presented simultaneously in a homologous area of the body, is perceived. Visual inattention, the inability to perceive a photic stimulus in a visual field when a similar but perceived stimulus is presented simultaneously in the homologous field. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inattention
Literary usage of Inattention
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1918)
"inattention. Having spoken fully of attention, let me add a word about inattention.
We do not notice the ticking of the clock, the noise of the city streets ..."
2. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"INADVERTENCY, from advert, to turn the mind to, is allied to inattention" (v.
Attentive), when the act of the mind is signified in general terms ; and to ..."
3. The Law of Automobiles by Xenophon Pearce Huddy (1909)
"Thoughtless inattention. " Thoughtless inattention is the essence of negligence,"
says the ... The term " thoughtless inattention " will hereafter be a ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Inasmuch as this difficulty arises from the relative inattention to geography as
a mature science, it is the business of geographical societies to remove ..."
5. Report by Great Britain (1850)
"Any expenditure of time, attention, or money by the master in inattention behalf
of the men, by which he shows a practical interest in their *° the™el- ..."
6. Public School Methods (1921)
"(b) inattention. inattention is due chiefly to two causes: the child's inability
to control his intellectual powers and the nature of the subject matter to ..."
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