Look up: obsession

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   obsession
   [n] - an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
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   Obsession
   Persistent thoughts that can`t be controlled such as an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will. Obsessions play a significant role in OCD.
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   Obsession
   Obsession is an ``add-on'' If you like, to all other states of emotional being. It is the unhealthy, damaging, and harmful fixation with someone you are attracted to in a way which disrupts your life and the lives of those around you for worse, not better. The level of emotion that you add obsession to determines its potency. Add obsession to merel...
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   Obsession
   An idea, which persistently recurs to an individual, although he resists it and regards it as being senseless
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   Obsession
   An unpleasant or nonsensical thought which intrudes into a person's mind, despite a degree of resistance by the person who recognises the thought as pointless or senseless, but nevertheless a product of their own mind. Obsessions may be accompanied by compulsive behaviours which serve to reduce the associated anxiety.
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   Obsession
   Ob·ses'sion noun [ Latin obsessio : confer French 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.
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   obsession
   <psychiatry> A recurrent, persistent thought, image or impulse that is unwanted and distressing (ego dystonic) and comes involuntarily to mind despite attempts to ignore or suppress it. Common obsessions involve thoughts of violence, contamination and self doubt. ... Origin: L. Obsessio ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   obsession
   fixation noun an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
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   obsession
   (ob-sesh´әn) a recurrent, persistent thought, image, or impulse that is unwanted and distressing (ego-dystonic) and comes involuntarily to mind despite attempts to ignore or suppress it. Common obsessions involve violence, contamination, and doubts. See also obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compul...
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    Obsession
    • (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without. • (n.) The act of besieging.
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    Obsession
    (from the article `motion picture, history of the`) ...bianco films in favour of a Marxist aesthetic of everyday life. The first identifiable Neorealist film was Luchino Visconti`s Ossessione ...
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    obsession
    (L. obsessio) a recurrent, persistent thought, image, or impulse that is unwanted and distressing (ego-dystonic) and comes involuntarily to mind despite attempts to ignore or suppress it. Common obsessions involve thoughts of violence, contamination, and self-doubt.
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    obsession
    obsession 1. An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone. 2. An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions even when the person doesn't want to. 3. An idea or feeling that completely occupies the mind. 4. The uncontrollable persistence of an idea or emotion in the mind, sometimes associated with a psychiatric di...
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