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obsession

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ob·ses·sion  (b-sshn, b-)
n.
1. Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.
2. A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion.

ob·session·al adj.
ob·session·al·ly adv.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.obsession - an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
irrational motive - a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic
onomatomania - obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness
2.obsession - an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
preoccupation - an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention

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
Spanish obsession [əbˈsɛʃən] nobsesión f
French obsession [əbˈsɛʃən] obsess nobsession f
German obsession [əbˈsɛʃən] obsess nBesessenheit f
Italian obsession [əbˈsɛʃən] nossessione f

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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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