obsession
Origin of obsession
1Other words from obsession
- 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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How to use obsession in a sentence
Reading a Lars Iyer novel, you find yourself becoming one with the author and his obsessions.
Lars Iyer’s ‘Wittgenstein Jr.’ Plumbs the Deep Fun of Philosophical Fiction | Drew Smith | October 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was taking a writing workshop, and one of the tasks was to write down our “obsessions” at the beginning of each evening.
Into the Grindr of the Gay Dating Game: Sex, Death, and Aging in ‘Stealing Sam’ | Tim Teeman | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTReceptionist, former lover, and still receptionist Connie Plotz deconstructs his private obsessions and cultural stereotypes.
Joshua Ferris’s New Novel Chronicles an Existential Dentist in Despair | Tom LeClair | May 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow, after a day spent in the company of my own thoughts, I need to step away from my obsessions.
Krasznahorkai is an expert with the complexity of human obsessions.
Modern experts in nervous and mental diseases have sometimes spoken of these states as obsessions.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThe physicians had ordered her away from the Paris palace, with its gloomy decorations so stimulating to her obsessions.
The Enemies of Women | Vicente Blasco IbezPartial obsessions are rather common and there are frequent inquiries as to the best means of treating such a case.
Elementary Theosophy | L. W. RogersA patient who is suffering from obsessions must carry out certain abnormal actions, or be wretched.
Applied Psychology for Nurses | Mary F. PorterFlaws or failures in the lens of reason allowing certain imprints to emerge, these become fixed ideas and obsessions.
Feminism and Sex-Extinction | Arabella Kenealy
British Dictionary definitions for obsession
/ (əbˈsɛʃən) /
psychiatry a persistent idea or impulse that continually forces its way into consciousness, often associated with anxiety and mental illness
a persistent preoccupation, idea, or feeling
the act of obsessing or the state of being obsessed
Derived forms of obsession
- obsessional, adjective
- obsessionally, adverb
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Cultural definitions for obsession
A preoccupation with a feeling or idea. In psychology, an obsession is similar to a compulsion.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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