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    Ob·ses·sion
    /əbˈseSH(ə)n/

    noun

    • 1. the state of being obsessed with someone or something: "she cared for him with a devotion bordering on obsession"
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  3. Learn the meaning of obsession as a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Obsession is a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling, or something that causes such preoccupation.

  4. Learn the meaning of obsession as a noun, with synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples. Find out how to pronounce obsession and translate it into different languages.

  5. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone. synonyms: fixation, idee fixe. see more. see less. type of: preoccupation. an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention. noun. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will.

  6. noun. psychiatry a persistent idea or impulse that continually forces its way into consciousness, often associated with anxiety and mental illness. a persistent preoccupation, idea, or feeling. the act of obsessing or the state of being obsessed. obsession. A preoccupation with a feeling or idea.

  7. Learn the meaning of obsession, a noun that describes a state of mind where a person is excessively focused on one thing or person. Find out how to use obsession in a sentence, with or without the preposition with, and see synonyms and related words.

  8. 1 day ago · noun. 1. psychiatry. a persistent, unwanted idea or impulse that continually forces its way into consciousness, often associated with anxiety and mental illness. 2. a persistent preoccupation, idea, or feeling. 3. the act of obsessing or the state of being obsessed. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

  9. Obsession is an extreme unhealthy interest in something or worry about something, which stops you from thinking about anything else. Learn more about the meaning, usage and collocations of obsession with examples from the corpus.

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