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Definitions for Obsession
[1] the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
[2] the idea, image, desire, feeling, etc., itself.
[3] the state of being obsessed.
[4] the act of obsessing.
[5] psychiatry a persistent idea or impulse that continually forces its way into consciousness, often associated with anxiety and mental illness
[6] a persistent preoccupation, idea, or feeling
[7] the act of obsessing or the state of being obsessed
Words related to Obsession
phobia, fascination, delusion, mania, passion, infatuation, enthusiasm, compulsion, preoccupation, phantom, case, monkey, attraction, hang-up, fancy, crush, thing, complex, fetish, neurosis
Words nearby Obsession
observatory, observe, observer, obsess, obsessed, obsession, obsessive, obsessive-compulsive, obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsidian, obsidian dating
Origin of Obsession
1505–15; < Latin obsessiōn- (stem of obsessiō ) blockade, siege, equivalent to obsess(us ) (see obsess) + -iōn- -ion
Other words from Obsession
ob·ses·sion·al , adjective
non·ob·ses·sion , noun
non·ob·ses·sion·al , adjective
self-ob·ses·sion , noun
ob•ses′ sion•al adj.
Synonyms for Obsession
compulsion, delusion, enthusiasm, fascination, infatuation, mania, passion, phobia, preoccupation, attraction, case, complex, craze, crush, fancy, fetish, hang-up, monkey, must, neurosis, phantom, thing, ax to grind, bug in ear, concrete idea, idée fixe, one-track mind, something on the brain, tiger by the tail