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Preoccupation

//ˌpɹiɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "preoccupation" (230 found)

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Informal (17)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(5 words)

thing fantasy tic sublease underlease

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(6 words)

anxiety engrossment immersion hysteria adoption hang-up

Name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

lease haze conquest

General use (213)

Noun, verb(19 words)

study claim property indent possession mandate feud requisition stupor plugging tenure daydream stargazing reverie squatting slogging daydreaming mooning takeover

Noun(122 words)

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absorption lethargy involvement apathy compulsion endurance loyalty fascination fixation fidelity relentlessness dejection prepossession perseverance meditation stamina permanence diligence thoughtfulness steadiness appropriation hypochondria obsession elation euphoria insensibility subjugation assiduity occupancy pertinacity fetish steadfastness staying power insistence submersion melancholia emotionalism tenancy villenage abulia pipe dream daydreamer intentness fee simple absentmindedness dependency fiefdom woolgathering colonization usurpation arrogation single-mindedness brown study persistency assiduousness monomania unresponsiveness doggedness tenaciousness enslavement moonraking pensiveness unremittingness bemusement patience of Job sedulousness hysterics gavelkind industriousness tirelessness indefatigability sedulity Walter Mitty insistency wistfulness socage pertinaciousness fee tail stick-to-itiveness folie du doute tenantry seisin psychalgia abstractedness burgage speculativeness knight service usucapion reflectiveness absence of mind adverse possession fee simple determinable alodium property rights frankalmoign undertenancy musefulness studiousness contemplativeness idee fixe hypercathexis fixed idea

Adj, noun, verb(5 words)

complex dream plodding musing twitching

Name, noun(6 words)

assumption depression industry patience mania preemption

Name, noun, verb(5 words)

colony holding muse trance dreaming

Adj, noun(3 words)

melancholy leasehold foible

Verb(5 words)

hang up owning pipe-dreaming taking over fantasying

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun(1 words)

Adj, adv(1 words)

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Adj, verb(1 words)

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