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English

Noun

  1. a compulsive or irrational preoccupation
  2. an unhealthy fixation


Translations

e.g. jade shaw

Related terms


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Obsession \Ob*ses"sion\, n. [L. obsessio: cf. F. obsession.]
1. The act of besieging. [archaic] --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]

2. The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a
person beset by a spirit from without. [archaic] --Tylor.
[1913 Webster]

Whether by obsession or possession, I will not
determine. --Burton.
[1913 Webster]

3. An excessive preoccupation of the thoughts or feelings;
the persistent haunting or domination of the mind by a
particular desire, idea, or image.
[PJC]

4. Hence: Any driving motive; a compelling goal; -- not
necessarily implying a negative judgment, as does sense 3;
as, the coach was obsessed with winning the state
championship
[PJC]

5. Something that causes an obsession[3].
[PJC]

6. The state of being obsessed.
[PJC] obsessional
WordNet obsession
n 1: an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive
actions against your will [syn: compulsion]
2: an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or
someone [syn: fixation]
Moby Dictionary
absorbed attention , absorption , abstraction , abulia , alienation ,
anxiety , anxiety equivalent , anxiety state , apathy , application ,
bedevilment , bewitchery , bewitchment , captivation ,
catatonic stupor , complex , compulsion , concentration ,
contemplation , conviction , deep study , deep thought , dejection ,
depression , detachment , elation , emotionalism , enchantment ,
engagement , engrossment , entrancement , euphoria , fascination ,
fixation , fixed idea , folie du doute , hang-up , hypercathexis ,
hypochondria , hysteria , hysterics , idee fixe , illusion , immersion ,
indifference , insensibility , intentness , involvement ,
irresistible impulse , lethargy , mania , maya , meditation ,
melancholia , mental distress , monomania , morbid drive ,
obsessive compulsion , passion , pathological indecisiveness , phobia ,
possession , preoccupation , prepossession , profound thought ,
psychalgia , psychomotor disturbance , rapt attention ,
ruling passion , single-mindedness , spirit control , studiousness ,
study , stupor , submersion , thing , tic , twitching , unresponsiveness ,
witchery , withdrawal


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