This problem is the clash of the idol's and obsessive fan's egos.
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Obsessive
//əbˈsɛs.ɪv//
Synonyms for "obsessive" (49 found)
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30 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- маниакален adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
- натрапчив adj (prone to cause obsession)
Catalan
1 entries- obsessiu adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
Dutch
4 entries- dwangmatig adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
- obsederend adj (prone to cause obsession)
- obsessief adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
- geobsedeerde noun (person who is obsessed)
Finnish
1 entries- pakkomielteinen adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
French
2 entries- obsessif adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
- obsédé noun (person who is obsessed)
Galician
1 entries- obsesivo adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
German
4 entries- besessen adj (excessive)
- obsessiv adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
- obsessiv adj (excessive)
- zwanghaft adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
Greek
4 entries- ιδεοληπτικός adj (excessive)
- ψυχαναγκαστικός adj (excessive)
- ιδεοληπτικός noun (person who is obsessed)
- ψυχαναγκαστικός noun (person who is obsessed)
Irish
1 entries- dúghafach adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
Italian
1 entries- ossessivo adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
Polish
1 entries- obsesyjny adj (excessive)
Portuguese
1 entries- obsessivo adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
Romanian
1 entries- obsedant adj (prone to cause obsession)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- opsedàntan adj (prone to cause obsession)
Spanish
1 entries- obsesivo adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
Turkish
4 entries- obsesif adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
- takıntılı adj (having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others)
- saplantılı noun (person who is obsessed)
- takık noun (person who is obsessed)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Mary is an obsessive fan of Tom.
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Tom is obsessive.
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The conditions that lead to my parents' divorce were engendered by their obsessive attitude toward work.
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