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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
that which preoccupies one's mind or emotions excessively or abnormally.
She no longer cared about money and success in and of themselves; surpassing her sister in every way was now her obsession.His friend's wife had become an obsession, and try as he might, he could not put covetous thoughts of her out of his mind.My roommate's obsession with neatness is driving me crazy; I can't put a cup down on the table for a second without her putting it in the dishwasher.- synonyms:
- fixation, idée fixe
- similar words:
- compulsion, ghost, infatuation, mania, monomania, passion, religion
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| definition 2: |
the act of obsessing or the state of being obsessed.
- synonyms:
- fixation, monomania
- similar words:
- absorption, compulsion, passion, possession
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| related words: |
complex, trip |
adjective + (n.)obsession
bizarre,
contemporary,
continuing,
damned,
destructive,
erotic,
growing,
increasing,
lifelong,
lingering,
magnificent,
morbid,
national,
near,
neurotic,
obsessed,
occurring,
pathological,
peculiar,
romantic,
secret,
sexual,
shared,
single-minded,
singular,
solitary,
tabloid,
technological,
teenage,
unhealthy,
virtual,
weird
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verb + (n.)obsession
become, border, distract, fuel, indulge, nurture, overcome, pursue, term, trigger
(n.)obsession
+ verb
couple, cripple, diet, harm, haunt, trace
noun + (n.)obsession
boomer, childhood, delusion, devotion, fantasy, fascination, fashion, grief, grip, hobby, media, object, passion, prejudice, preoccupation, pursuit, sickness, tale
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| derivation: |
obsessional (adv.) |
The word obsession
contains the following part:
sed, sid, sess
Latin
root
that means sit; settle
  Example words:
dissident, obsess, obsession, obsessive, preside, president, reside, residue, sedentary, sediment, sedimentary, sessile, session
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