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abstraction |
preoccupation. [1/4 definitions] |
hypochondria |
a pathological preoccupation with the likelihood of becoming ill or with imagined pains or diseases. |
-itis |
(informal) excessive or unhealthy preoccupation with or tendency toward. [1/2 definitions] |
self-preoccupation |
combined form of preoccupation. |
sensuality |
preoccupation with, or indulgence in, sensual pleasures. [1/2 definitions] |
vain |
showing or resulting from excessive preoccupation with one's appearance. [1/4 definitions] |
Victorian |
of or having the middle-class preoccupation with respectability and propriety that is considered typical of England in that period. [1/4 definitions] |
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