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obsession


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  obsession 
  n  1:  an  irrational  motive  for  performing  trivial  or  repetitive 
  actions  against  your  will  [syn:  {compulsion}] 
  2:  an  unhealthy  preoccupation  with  something  or  someone  [syn:  {fixation}] 




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