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obsession
/ əˈɛʃə /
noun
- psychiatry a persistent idea or impulse that continually forces its way into consciousness, often associated with anxiety and mental illness
- a persistent preoccupation, idea, or feeling
- the act of obsessing or the state of being obsessed
obsession
- A preoccupation with a feeling or idea. In psychology , an obsession is similar to a compulsion .
Derived Forms
- DzˈDzԲ, adverb
- DzˈDzԲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- Dz·sDz· adjective
- ԴDzo·sDz noun
- nonDz·sDz· adjective
- -Dz·sDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of obsession1
Example Sentences
Some trace Elon Musk Thought to Silicon Valley’s obsession with the superiority of market-based technological solutions to everything, including the messy “inefficiencies” of the democratic process itself.
But it is the history of U.S. antagonism, with its roots in manifest destiny and President Polk’s obsession with territorial expansion, that Mexicans best remember.
The K-pop singer was seen with a Labubu creature hanging from her handbag and also called the toys "her secret obsession" in an interview.
Göransson absorbed his dad’s passions and mutated them into a personal obsession with Metallica, an electric descendant of the blues, in the process becoming a guitar player proficient in everything from thrash metal to jazz.
Marriage might be the all-consuming obsession, but “Regency Girls” makes clear that self-determination is really what these adventurous young women are fighting for.
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