obsessions

[uhb-sesh-uhn]

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noun

the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.

the idea, image, desire, feeling, etc., itself.

the state of being obsessed.

the act of obsessing.

Origin:
1505–15; < Latin obsessiōn- (stem of obsessiō) blockade, siege, equivalent to obsess(us) (see obsess) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

ob·ses·sion·al, adjective

non·ob·ses·sion, noun

non·ob·ses·sion·al, adjective

self-ob·ses·sion, noun

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