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Obsession

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.

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

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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