Synonyms for obsession
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh b-sesh-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : əbˈsɛʃ ən |
Top 10 synonyms for obsession
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for obsession
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