inattention

inattention
Lack of attention; negligence.
- selective i. an aspect of attentiveness in which a person attempts to ignore or avoid perceiving that which generates anxiety.
- sensory i. the inability to feel a tactile stimulus when a similar stimulus, presented simultaneously in a homologous area of the body, is perceived.
- visual i. the inability to perceive a photic stimulus in a visual field when a similar but perceived stimulus is presented simultaneously in the homologous field.

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in·at·ten·tion (in″ə-tenґshən) [in-2 + attention] lack of attention.

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  • inattention — [ inatɑ̃sjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1662; de 1. in et attention ♦ Manque d attention. Un instant, une minute d inattention et l accident arrive. Imprudent par inattention. ⇒ distraction, inadvertance, insouciance, légèreté, négligence. Faute, erreur d… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Inattention — In at*ten tion, n. [Pref. in not + attention: cf. F. inattention.] Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect. [1913 Webster] Novel lays attract our ravished ears; But old, the mind inattention hears. Pope.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • inattention — index dishonor (nonpayment), disinterest (lack of interest), disregard (unconcern), disuse, inconsideration …   Law dictionary

  • inattention — (n.) 1710, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + ATTENTION (Cf. attention) …   Etymology dictionary

  • inattention — [in΄ə ten′shən] n. failure to pay attention; heedlessness; negligence …   English World dictionary

  • Inattention — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inattention >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inattention inattention inconsideration Sgm: N 1 inconsiderateness inconsiderateness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 oversight oversight Sgm: N 1 inadvertence inadvertence inadvertency …   English dictionary for students

  • inattention — n. inattention to (inattention to detail) * * * [ˌɪnə tenʃ(ə)n] inattention to (inattention to detail) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • inattention — (i na tan sion ; en vers, de cinq syllabes) s. f. 1°   Défaut d attention. C est pure inattention de sa part.    Faute commise par inattention. •   Si, dans la nouvelle géographie d Hubner, on trouve que les bornes de l Europe sont à l endroit où …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • inattention — in|at|ten|tion [ˌınəˈtenʃən] n [U] lack of attention ▪ a moment of inattention inattention to ▪ inattention to detail …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • INATTENTION — s. f. Défaut d attention. Il a fait cette faute par inattention. C est pure inattention …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • INATTENTION — n. f. Défaut d’attention. Il fait cette faute par inattention. C’est pure inattention de sa part …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

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