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Preoccupation

//ˌpɹiɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment. countable, uncountable

    "The same preoccupation with developing a conceptual framework is evident in David Blank's Venezuela: Politics in a Petroleum Republic, a modified version of Blank's early theses."

  2. 2
    the act of taking occupancy before someone else does wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of occupying something before someone else. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the mental state of being preoccupied by something wordnet
  5. 5
    an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupātiō. By surface analysis, pre- + occupation or preoccupy + -ation.

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