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obsession Definition

ob·ses·sion (əb ses̸h′ən)

noun

  1. the act of an evil spirit in possessing or ruling a person
    1. the fact or state of being obsessed with an idea, desire, emotion, etc.
    2. such a persistent idea, desire, emotion, etc., esp. one that cannot be gotten rid of by reasoning

Etymology: L obsessio

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obsession Synonyms

obsession

n.

fixation, fascination, passion, fancy, phantom, craze, delusion, mania, infatuation, fixed idea, idée fixe (French), compulsion, fetish, bee in one's bonnet*, hang-up*; see also attraction 1, neurosis.

obsession Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: He became more than a best friend, he became an obsession.
  • reflect: But increasingly, " news " and documentary television has been reshaped to reflect the obsession with entertainment.
  • grow: We live in a materialistic age where there seems to be a growing obsession with money.

Adjective modifier

  • unhealthy: Those of us who work in upland path repair can often succumb to a rather unhealthy obsession with the state of footpaths.
  • morbid: Here is the real political answer to comrade Delargy's morbid obsession with defining the federal republic " in class terms " .
  • single-minded: The fact that they are united by a single-minded obsession about customers.
  • fanatical: Because they're not allowed to travel into the West it becomes an almost fanatical obsession to do it.
  • unsurpassed: Most of the unsurpassed obsession about free online sudoku has always been it provides an like in.. .
  • life-long: About the Author Austen Atkinson's most enduring passion is history, and he has had a life-long obsession with lost civilizations and cities.

Noun used with modifier

  • tv: Center i set cable tv obsession he likes to tied to the.
  • celebrity: The trouble is, the British media obsession with fluffy PR has fed our celebrity obsession to the point of overload.
  • childhood: He's been taking clients ' storm chasing for the past eight years; converting a childhood obsession into a career.
  • cable: Center i set cable tv obsession he likes to tied to the.

Possessives

  • nation: Shape the Nation: Seduction School promises to take an honest look at the nation's obsession with how we look.

Preposition: of

  • mine: Kora figures from Senegal, those were kind of an obsession of mine for a number of years.

Preposition: with

  • secrecy: This obsession with secrecy has had dramatic effects on the outcome of wars, monarchies and individual lives.
  • cleanliness: But for the Pharisees their obsession with cleanliness actually led to un godliness.
  • celebrity: Western society has changed this, epitomized by the obsession with celebrity.
  • privatization: It is your plans and your whole obsession with privatization that is " bizarre " Mr Blair.
  • sex: A group of senior teachers also wrote to the education authority, saying Owen was unfit to teach because of his obsession with sex.