Antonyms for obsession

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh b-sesh-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : əbˈsɛʃ ən

Definition of obsession

Origin : 1510s, "action of besieging," from French obsession and directly from Latin obsessionem (nominative obsessio) "siege, blockade, a blocking up," noun of action from past participle stem of obsidere "to besiege" (see obsess). Later (c.1600), "hostile action of an evil spirit" (like possession but without the spirit actually inhabiting the body). Transferred sense of "action of anything which engrosses the mind" is from 1670s. Psychological sense is from 1901.

noun fixation; consumption with belief, desire

Example sentences :

He clasped his head in his hands and strove to clear his mind for a moment from obsession.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

It haunted me; it was an obsession and a perpetual nightmare.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

As I drudged on down there in the warehouse, my bitterness became an obsession.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

But naturally Peter did not confide his obsession to Lalkhan.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

Paula looked appealingly at Bell, but he had become a man with an obsession.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various

Somehow the obsession of these bonefishermen began to be less puzzling to me.
Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey

Aside from that, the desire to see the girl had become an obsession.
Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

It was there, nevertheless, almost amounting to an obsession.
Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson

One idea rushed into their minds suddenly and became an obsession.
Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams

That was always his weakness; now it seems to be his obsession.
Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

Synonyms for obsession

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