About The Word Obsession

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Obsession

Obsession Meaning & Definition
Obsession Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Obsession?

[n] an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
[n] an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will

Synonyms | Synonyms for Obsession: compulsion | fixation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Obsession: 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

See Also | irrational motive | onomatomania | preoccupation

Obsession In Webster's Dictionary

\Ob*ses"sion\, n. [L. obsessio: cf.F. obsession.] 1. The act of besieging. --Johnson. 2. The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without. --Tylor. Whether by obsession or possession, I will not determine. --Burton.

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