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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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