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obsession Noun 1. something that preoccupies a person to the exclusion of other things: his principal obsession was with trying to economize 2. Psychiatry a persistent idea or impulse, often associated with anxiety and mental illness obsessional adj
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obsession noun preoccupation, thing (informal) complex, enthusiasm, addiction, hang-up (informal) mania, phobia, fetish, fixation, infatuation, ruling passion, pet subject, hobbyhorse, idée fixe (French) bee in your bonnet (informal) Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But the thought of him was like an obsession, ever pressing itself upon her. She was the sort of woman who was unable to realise that a man might not have her own obsession with sex; her relations with men had been purely on those lines; and she could not understand that they ever had other interests. It was an obsession so complete that there was no room in his soul for prudence or gratitude. |
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