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obsession::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | compulsion |
| Type of | irrational motive |
| Has types | onomatomania |
| Derivation | obsessional |
obsession::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fixation |
| Type of | preoccupation |
| Derivation | obsess, obsessional |
Examples of obsession
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Once Wing discovered model airplanes, building them became a lifelong obsession.
From the kansas.com
The separate crew lavatory is just ideal with my current obsession with privacy.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Why this obsession with nonrenewable resources as a means for energy production?
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Although, it would be good to know if this is more a female than male obsession.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It's given those without a hobby, an obsession and those with nothing, a future.
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German and Russian obsession with forests is celebrated in music and literature.
From the theatlantic.com
Her one obsession in her 15-year-old son, Phillip, played by Christopher Abbott.
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Roberts is mindful of that and of the Street's obsession with quarterly numbers.
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Some experts find in this obsession with felines a shift in the American psyche.
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- Compulsion: an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
- An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
- (obsessed) haunted: having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman"
- (obsessed) influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion; "by love possessed"
- (obsessive) obsessional: characterized by or constituting an obsession; "the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling"
- (obsessively) compulsively: in a compulsive manner; "he cleaned his shoes compulsively after every walk"
- Obsession, released in the US as The Hidden Room, is a 1949 British crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk, based on the book A Man About A Dog by Alec Coppel, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. Obsession was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.
- Obsession is a 1954 French language motion picture crime drama directed by Jean Delannoy who co-wrote screenplay with Antoine Blondin, Roland Laudenbach and Gian Luigi Rondi, based on story "Silent as the Grave" by Cornell Woolrich. The film stars Michu00E8le Morgan and Raf Vallone.
- Obsession (1997) is a drama about two men involved with one woman. Directed by Peter Sehr and starring Daniel Craig. The film was released in Germany on the 28th of August 1997 and premiered in Canada's Toronto Film Festival on the 9th of september the same year.
