Look up: obsession

1. obsession
   [n] - an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
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2. 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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3. 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...
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4. Obsession
   An idea, which persistently recurs to an individual, although he resists it and regards it as being senseless
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5. 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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6. 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. �...
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7. 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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8. obsession
   fixation noun an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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 emo...
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14. obsession
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ob-sesh′ŭn Definitions: 1. A recurrent and persistent idea, thought, or impulse to carry out an act that is ego dystonic, that is experienced as senseless or repugnant, and that the person cannot voluntarily suppress.
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15. obsession
    Persistently intruding thought, emotion, or impulse, often recognized by the sufferer as irrational, but nevertheless causing distress. It may be a brooding on destiny or death, or chronic doubts interfering with everyday life (such as fearing the gas is not turned off and repeatedly checking), or a...
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16. Obsession
    (UFO album) |Name = Obsession |Type = Artist = UFO (band)|UFO |Cover = UFOObsession.jpg |Released = June 1978 |Recorded = 1977-1978 at C.P. McGregors, Western Avenue, Los Angeles and West 3rd Carrrier Station, Beverley Hills, Genre = Hard rock, Label = Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis |Producer = ...
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17. Obsession
    (Dive EP) Track listing: #"Kirlian Camera/Dive" - "Obsession" (Holly Knight, Michael des Barres) – 5:03 originally by Animotion #"Dive" - "Twilight Fields (Simon Balestrazzi) – 3:53 originally by Kirlian Camera #"Kirlian Camera" - &qu...
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18. Obsession
    (Eighteen Visions album) `Obsession` is an album by Eighteen Visions. The album was their most commercial to date, and featured three music videos. Some editions of this album come with a DVD that features a `making of` the album. The album has sold 200,000+ copies in the U.S.The album peaked...
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19. Obsession
    (board game) `Obsession` is a board game released in 1977 for two players in which the player wins by moving their ten rings along numbered slots. They must get all ten rings into the "safety zone" before their opponent. Each player rolls a pair of dice, and can choose either...
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20. Obsession
    (song) "`Obsession`" is a 1984 song recorded by the Synthpop-New Wave group Animotion. The song hit number six in the United States, and number five in the United Kingdom in early 1985, helped by a distinctive video that received heavy rotation on MTV. History: "Obsession"...
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21. Obsession
    (video game) `Obsession` is a pinball game for the Atari STe and Amiga computers, made by Unique Development Studios (UDS). Technical information: Audio/video features in Obsession include: External links:
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22. Obsession
    (Spiritism) `Obsession`, also known as `spirit obsession`, is a technical term within the Spiritist belief and practice defined by the author Allan Kardec as the interference of a subjugating spirit with a weaker spirit (cf. Latin obsidere, "besiege").<ref name=&quo...
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23. Obsession
    (book) `Obsession` is a non-fiction book written by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker about the psyches of serial killers, serial rapists, stalkers, and their victims, as well as how to fight back.
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24. Obsession
    (cuban hip-hop) History: Alexey has been a break-dancer and a fan of US hip-hop (which Cubans call “la moña”). He worked as a lathe operator and sculptor when, in 1993, he met Magia. She had spent four years performing with and Afro-Cuban dance troupe and had earned a communica...
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25. Obsession
    (Nudimension song) `"Obsession"` is a song by the French Canadian Synthpop group Nudimension. The single is in the French language (With the exception of a single English refrain from Anne Marie Cyr) and was recorded at Fountain Studios, Montreal, isbn = 15-50821-075-->--> it became...
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