Obsession

Synonyms for "obsession" (110 found)

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Noun(4 words)

fixation agromania compulsioncompulsive thought

absorbed attentionabsorption abstraction abulia alienation anxietyanxiety equivalentanxiety stateapathy application bedevilment bewitchery bewitchment captivationcatatonic stuporcomplex compulsion concentration

Strong matches (33)

contemplation conviction crazedeep studydeep thoughtdejection depression detachment elation emotionalism enchantment engagement engrossment entrancement euphoria fascination fetish fixationfixed ideafolie du doute

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furorehang uphang-up hypercathexis hypochondria

Noun(8 words)

fanaticism fascination fetich fetiches fetish fetishes fixating fixations

Related words (55)

hysteria hystericsidee fixeillusion immersion indifference insensibility intentness involvementirresistible impulselethargy life mania maya meditation melancholiamental distressmonomaniamorbid driveobsessive compulsion

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passionpathological indecisivenessphobia possession preoccupation prepossessionprofound thoughtpsychalgiapsychomotor disturbancerapt attentionruling passionsingle-mindednessspirit controlstudiousness study stupor submersion thing tic twitching unresponsiveness witchery withdrawal zealotry

Noun(11 words)

infatuation infatuationsintrusive thoughtlust manias monomaniaobsessional impulsepassion preoccupation preoccupations thralldom

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More general

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emotional stateirrational motivemental statepreoccupationpsychological phenomenon

More specific

5 entries

clinical obsessioncultural obsessionpathological obsessionreligious obsessionromantic obsession

Collocations

6 entries

clinical obsessioncultural obsessionobsessive preoccupationobsessive thinkingreligious obsessionromantic obsession

Inflections

1 entries

obsessions

Derivations

5 entries

obsess obsessional obsessive obsessively obsessiveness

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Lucy's innocent crush turned into an obsession.

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You are my obsession.

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The truly wise people usually lack the obsession.

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I suggest that you start a behavioral therapy in order to cure yourself of your obsession with comas.

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