Obsession definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary OBSESS'ION, n. [L. obsessio ... will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly" [syn: compulsion, obsession] 2: an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone [syn: obsession, fixation] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1680 1. a persistent ... an often unreasonable idea or feeling; broadly compelling motivation < an obsession with profits > 2. something that causes an obsession • obsessional adjective • obsessionally adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 the ... adv. Etymology: L obsessio (as OBSESS) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Obsession Ob*ses"sion, n. [L. obsessio: cf.F. obsession.] ...
... 3.0 (2005) adj 1: characterized by or constituting an obsession; "the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling" [syn: obsessional ... Webster's adjective Date: 1901 1. a. tending to cause obsession b. excessive often to an unreasonable degree 2. of, relating to, or characterized by obsession ; deriving from obsession • obsessive noun • obsessively adverb • obsessiveness noun Collin's Cobuild Dictionary ...
... an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone [syn: obsession, fixation] 3: the activity of fastening something firmly in position ... the act or an instance of being fixated. 2 an obsession, concentration on a single idea. 3 fixing or being fixed ... monomania, mooring, morbid drive, mother fixation, motionlessness, negativism, nuisance value, obsession, obsessive compulsion, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, parent fixation, peopling, plantation ...
... talking, or dressing — used with the 10. a. a mild obsession or phobia < has a thing about driving >; also the object of such an obsession or phobia b. something (as an activity) that makes a ... metier, minor detail, minutia, minutiae, mode, monad, movables, move, object, obsession, occasion, occupation, operation, opportunity, organism, overt act, paraphernalia, partiality, particular ...
... pruriently adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 having an unhealthy obsession with sexual matters. 2 encouraging such an obsession. Derivatives: prurience n. pruriency n. pruriently adv. Etymology: L prurire ...
... see OEDIPUS COMPLEX)). 3 (in general use) a preoccupation or obsession (has a complex about punctuality). 4 Chem. a compound in ... multiracial, mysterious, mystifying, no picnic, not easy, obfuscated, obscure, obscured, obsession, obsessive compulsion, oneness, operose, organic unity, overtechnical, parent complex, patchy ...
... aware of her; he kept sinking back into black preoccupation. = obsession Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Prior occupation ... monomania, mooning, moonraking, morbid drive, muse, musefulness, musing, muted ecstasy, obsession, obsessive compulsion, obstinacy, occupancy, occupation, original title, owning, pathological indecisiveness ...
... and violence. 2 (often foll. by for) excessive enthusiasm; an obsession (has a mania for jogging). Etymology: ME f. LL f ... disturbance, mental illness, mental instability, mental sickness, mind overthrown, mindsickness, obsession, oddness, overambitiousness, overanxiety, overanxiousness, overeagerness, overenthusiasm, overzealousness, passion, pathological indecisiveness ...
... or adjective • monomaniacal adjective • monomaniacally adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary n. obsession of the mind by one idea or interest. Derivatives: monomaniac ... idee fixe, immersion, intentness, involvement, irresistible impulse, meditation, morbid drive, obsession, obsessive compulsion, possession, preoccupation, prepossession, profound thought, rapt attention, ruling ...
... 3.0 (2005) adj 1: characterized by or constituting an obsession; "the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling" [syn: obsessional, obsessive] Merriam Webster's adjective see obsession Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Obsessional means the same as obsessive ...