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The essence of procrastination lies in not doing what you think you should be doing, a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic toll the habit takes on people. This is the perplexing thing about procrastination: although it seems to involve avoiding unpleasant tasks, indulging in it generally doesn't make people happy.
James Surowiecki

Meaning of "contortion" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTORTION

contortion  [kənˈtɔːʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTORTION

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contortion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONTORTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Contortion

Contortion is an unusual form of physical display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body. Contortion is often part of acrobatics and circus acts. In general, "contortionists" have unusual natural flexibility, which is then enhanced through acrobatic training, or they put themselves through intense, repetitive and consistent training to gain this flexibility. However, even those with genetic, sex, or age disadvantages can attain the same level of flexibility albeit with slower progress. In some countries like Mongolia, many people learn contortion and it is considered a nationally respected art form that holds cultural importance. For hundreds of years contortionists have entertained crowds all over Mongolia. Contortionists usually start practicing from a very early age. In Mongolia the minimum acceptable age is 5, as they believe contortion can cause bone deformities in younger children. Some sports, rhythmic gymnastics for example, demand extreme flexibility but not the hand balancing skills or performance skills of a contortionist.

Definition of contortion in the English dictionary

The first definition of contortion in the dictionary is the act or process of contorting or the state of being contorted. Other definition of contortion is a twisted shape or position. Contortion is also something twisted or out of the ordinary in character, meaning, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTORTION


abortion
əˈbɔːʃən
apportion
əˈpɔːʃən
caution
ˈkɔːʃən
detorsion
diːˈtɔːʃən
detortion
dɪˈtɔːʃən
disproportion
ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːʃən
distortion
dɪˈstɔːʃən
extortion
ɪkˈstɔːʃən
incaution
ɪnˈkɔːʃən
intorsion
ɪnˈtɔːʃən
intortion
ɪnˈtɔːʃən
overproportion
ˌəʊvəprəˈpɔːʃən
portion
ˈpɔːʃən
postabortion
ˌpəʊstəˈbɔːʃən
precaution
prɪˈkɔːʃən
proportion
prəˈpɔːʃən
reapportion
ˌriːəˈpɔːʃən
retorsion
rɪˈtɔːʃən
retortion
rɪˈtɔːʃən
torsion
ˈtɔːʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTORTION

conto
contorniate
contorno
contort
contorted
contortedly
contortedness
contortional
contortionate
contortioned
contortionism
contortionist
contortionistic
contortive
contour
contour feather
contour flying
contour interval
contour line
contour map

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTORTION

accreditation
anti-abortion
assertion
barrel distortion
contagious abortion
desertion
disconcertion
exertion
exsertion
harmonic distortion
insertion
lexical insertion
misproportion
overassertion
overexertion
proabortion
reassertion
reinsertion
selective abortion
self-assertion

Synonyms and antonyms of contortion in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «CONTORTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «contortion» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of contortion

Translation of «contortion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTORTION

Find out the translation of contortion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of contortion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contortion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

扭曲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contorsión
570 millions of speakers

English

contortion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विकृति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التواء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

искривление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contorção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিকৃতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contorsion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Contortion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verrenkung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゆがみ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구부러진
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contortion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự nhăn mặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உருக்குலைத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पीळ पडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bükülme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contorsione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wykrzywienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

викривлення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

răsucire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σύσπαση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verdraaiing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förvridning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

contortion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contortion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTORTION»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contortion

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QUOTES WITH «CONTORTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word contortion.
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James Surowiecki
The essence of procrastination lies in not doing what you think you should be doing, a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic toll the habit takes on people. This is the perplexing thing about procrastination: although it seems to involve avoiding unpleasant tasks, indulging in it generally doesn't make people happy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTORTION»

Discover the use of contortion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contortion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Contortion
Contortion (sometimes contortionism) is an unusual form of physical display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body. Contortion is often part of acrobatics and circus acts.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Structural Geology and Geomechanics
For the asymmetric type structures, the strike slip fault bend contortion is composed of the rear fault straight, rear fault bend, middle fault straight, front fault bend and front fault straight forming micro-orocline structure of the hangingwall of the ...
Yadong Zheng, Gregory Arlen Davis, An Yin, 1997
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The Art of Manipulating Fabric
When unwrapped, the wrinkled folds are one-directional. (Refer to "Pleat Profiles" on page 90.) CONTORTION PLEATING — damp fabric twisted into a rope, coiled, knotted, and dried in a microwave oven. When opened out, the wrinkled folds ...
Colette Wolff, 1996
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Molecular Symmetry and Spectroscopy
We will call any large amplitude vibrational coordinate of a nonrigid molecule a contortional coordinate, and to emphasize its presence the rotation-vibration Hamiltonian of a nonrigid molecule will be called the rotation-contortion-vibration  ...
Philip R. Bunker, Per Jensen, 2006
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Contortion
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
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Conversation Analysis: The Sociology of Talk
For the female, the duration of the smile is equal to the duration of the contortion in the homogeneous dyad. In the heterogeneous dyad, the duration of the smile is about twice as great as the duration of the contortion. Similarly, in the male ...
Donald Allen, Rebecca F. Guy, 1978
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Teleparallel Gravity: An Introduction
where DAK=dK+{A,K} (B.14) is the contortion covariant derivative. On the other hand, using the definition (B.5), one can see that ̄T=T+Kh. (B.15) The effect of adding a covector K to a given connection A is, then, to change its curvature and  ...
Ruben Aldrovandi, Jose G Pereira, 2012
8
Cognitive Phenomenology
contortion of one's friend. In this case, one's visual experience ascribes to one's friend an intentional state, namely, an olfactory experience as of a foul odor. If the first view is the right one, and interpretive acts are always cognitive, it would ...
Tim Bayne, Michelle Montague, 2011
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Burns M. Kattenberg Collection on Contortion
Collection on the history of contortion, including correspondence, photographs, drawings, posters, clippings, and other materials. Pertains to performers of circus related contortion acts (primarily early to mid-twentieth century).
10
Geology of New-York: Comprising the geology of the first ...
An example of contortion, represented on Plate 24, fig. 1, may be seen on this island about forty or forty-five rods south of the north end of the rocky portion. Contorted rocks are seen in place a little below Oak hill and Catskill ferry. They contain ...
New York (State). Natural History Survey, William Williams Mather, Ebenezer Emmons, 1843

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTORTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contortion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Middletown teen contortionist, Lawrenceville singers on 'America's …
Although not a mainstream art, contortion has a passionate following. That passion hasn't translated into an "America's Got Talent" win yet -- six ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
2
Roll up, roll up for Circus Allsorts
Contortion, clowning and death-defying acrobatic stunts - some of New Zealand's top circo-arts performers will feature in a circus spectacular in ... «The Press, Jul 15»
3
'Jurassic Park' Star Jeff Goldblum Finally a Dad at 62, Actor …
"Since her Olympic foray, she now trains in contortion and aerial, so she does Cirque du Soleil kind of things. Isn't that something?" The couple ... «Parent Herald, Jul 15»
4
Cute ad captures babies' adorable 'poo faces' (VIDEO)
This Pampers ad is a series of slowed-down video clips of babies' “poo faces” — a zoomed-in look at every little facial contortion infants make, ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
5
Anti-circumcision crusader targets Bono
... science,” insisted Callender, a freelance writer and penis puppeteer — meaning he's involved in the theatrical contortion of male genitalia. «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
6
Ringling Bros. brings Circus Xtreme to Southern California with …
... and the Mongolian Marvels, a group of strongmen who combine Mongolian traditions like throat singing, contortion and acrobatics with feats ... «LA Daily News, Jul 15»
7
David Solomons's top 10 superheroes of questionable ability
Now, as I write the sequel, I'm having to come up with ways to circumvent its effectiveness, and with each fresh contortion I gain greater ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Vyapam scam: Now a trainee woman cop dead
Reports suggested that he fainted suddenly after facial contortion. [Read: Vyapam scam: Slain TV journalist Akshay Singh cremated; SIT to ... «Oneindia, Jul 15»
9
Circus Xtreme comes to Fresno, featuring contortionists
It's time for your family to be amazed by all the x-traordinary things you know and love about America's favorite live family entertainment ... «yourcentralvalley.com, Jul 15»
10
How Labor misses the asylum-seeker boat
... and most voters have breathed a sigh of relief, we have had another chapter in the parlour game that is Labor's internal contortion on boats. «The Australian, Jul 15»

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