obsession
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1. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | preoccupation, |
| definition | : | an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention (noun.cognition) |
2. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will (noun.motive)
| hypernym | : | irrational motive, |
| definition | : | a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic (noun.motive) |
| hyponym | : | onomatomania, |
| definition | : | obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness (noun.motive) |
3. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | ghost, haunt, obsess, |
| definition | : | haunt like a ghost; pursue (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | obsess, |
| definition | : | be preoccupied with something (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | fixate, |
| definition | : | pay attention to exclusively and obsessively (verb.perception) |
| derivation | : | fixate, |
| definition | : | attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | obsessional, obsessive, |
| definition | : | characterized by or constituting an obsession (adj.all) |
4. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will (noun.motive)
| derivation | : | compulsive, |
| definition | : | a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | compulsive, |
| definition | : | caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | obsessional, obsessive, |
| definition | : | characterized by or constituting an obsession (adj.all) |
5. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | ghost, haunt, obsess, |
| definition | : | haunt like a ghost; pursue (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | obsess, |
| definition | : | be preoccupied with something (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | fixate, |
| definition | : | pay attention to exclusively and obsessively (verb.perception) |
| derivation | : | fixate, |
| definition | : | attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | obsessional, obsessive, |
| definition | : | characterized by or constituting an obsession (adj.all) |
6. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will (noun.motive)
| derivation | : | compulsive, |
| definition | : | a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | compulsive, |
| definition | : | caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | obsessional, obsessive, |
| definition | : | characterized by or constituting an obsession (adj.all) |
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