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obsession (noun)

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  • obsession — ► NOUN 1) the state of being obsessed. 2) an idea or thought that intrudes on someone s mind. DERIVATIVES obsessional adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • obsession — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dangerous, unhealthy ▪ current ▪ national ▪ strange, weird ▪ new …   Collocations dictionary

  • obsession — noun Date: 1680 1. a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling; broadly compelling motivation < an obsession with profits > 2. something that causes an obsession • obsessional adjective • obsessionally adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • obsession — noun (C) an unreasonably strong and continuous interest in something, or worry about something, which stops you from thinking about anything else: He s convinced he was unfairly treated and it s become an obsession. (+ with/about): an unhealthy… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • obsession — I noun absorption, application, attraction, compulsion, craze, crotchet, dominating action, engrossment, exclusive attention, fanaticism, fancy, fascination, fetish, fixation, fixed idea, immersion, infatuation, irresistible impulse, mania,… …   Law dictionary

  • obsession — (n.) 1510s, action of besieging, from L. obsessionem (nom. obsessio) siege, noun of action from pp. stem of obsidere to besiege (see OBSESS (Cf. obsess)). Later, hostile action of an evil spirit (like possession but without the spirit actually… …   Etymology dictionary

  • obsession — noun that new car has become his obsession Syn: fixation, ruling/consuming passion, passion, mania, idée fixe, compulsion, preoccupation, infatuation, addiction, fetish, craze, hobbyhorse; phobia, complex, neurosis; informal a bee in one s bonnet …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • obsession — noun a) A compulsive or irrational preoccupation. b) An unhealthy fixation. See Also: obsess, obsessed, obsessional, obsess …   Wiktionary

  • obsession — noun 1》 the state of being obsessed. 2》 an idea or thought that obsesses someone. Derivatives obsessional adjective obsessionally adverb …   English new terms dictionary

  • obsession — noun Syn: fixation, passion, mania, compulsion, preoccupation, infatuation, hobby horse, phobia, complex, neurosis; informal bee in one s bonnet, hang up, thing …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • obsession */ — UK [əbˈseʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms obsession : singular obsession plural obsessions a) [uncountable] an emotional state in which someone or something is so important to you that you are always thinking about them, in a way that seems extreme to …   English dictionary

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