obsession

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The quality of being obsessed.
An idea that engenders a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, or the preoccupation thereby engendered.
An activity or entity that inspires a compulsive and potentially unhealthy fixation, or the fixation thereby inspired.
Influence or control by evil spirits without possession.

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obsession obsessions

From Latin obsessio (“a besieging”), from obsidere (“to besiege”); see obsess. Equivalent to obsess + -ion.

obsessedness idée fixe

obsess obsessed obsessional obsessive obsessively

celebrity obsession disorder obsessionism obsessionist self-obsession

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