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Obsession - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Obsession : (noun)
1: an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive
actions against your will [syn: compulsion]
2: an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or
someone [syn: fixation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Obsession : \Ob*ses"sion\, n. [L. obsessio: cf.F. obsession.]
1. The act of besieging. --Johnson.
2. The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a
person beset by a spirit from without. --Tylor.
Whether by obsession or possession, I will not
determine. --Burton.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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