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obsession

Psychiatry a persistent idea or impulse that continually forces its way into consciousness, often associated with anxiety and mental illness

obsession [əb′sesh·ən]

(psychology)

Persistence of or anxious preoccupation with an idea or emotion recognized as unreasonable by the individual.

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No references found			But the thought of him was like an obsession, ever pressing itself upon her. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context She was the sort of woman who was unable to realise that a man might not have her own obsession with sex; her relations with men had been purely on those lines; and she could not understand that they ever had other interests. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context It was an obsession so complete that there was no room in his soul for prudence or gratitude. Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context			obsequent fault-line scarp Obsequent Valley observability observable operator observable quantity observance Observation observation of fire observation of the work Observation Post observation spillover observation well Observation, Medical observational day observational equivalence Observatory observatory, orbiting observed fire observed latitude observed longitude observed position observer Observer Status Observer, The observing angle obsession Obsessions obsessive-compulsive disorder obsessive-compulsive neurosis obsessive-compulsive personality Obsessiveness Obsha Obshchedeltsy Obshchee Delo Obshchee Veche Obshchestvennoe Pitanie Obshchii Syrt Obshchina Obsidian obsidian hydration method obsidianite obsolescence Obsolescence of Fixed Capital obsolete obstacle obstacle clearance obstacle clearance box obstetric Obstetric Care obstetric forceps obstetrical analgesia			Observing System - 21st Century Observing System Experiments Observing Systems Simulation Experiment Observing Time Estimator Observing Tool observingly observingly observingly Obserwatorium Astronomiczne Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego obses Obsesif Kompulsif Bozukluk obsess obsess obsess obsess obsess obsessed obsessed Obsessed person Obsessed person Obsessed person obsessed with obsessed with Obsessed with Film Obsessed With Learning obsesses obsesses obsessing obsessing obsessio obsession Obsession (disambiguation) Obsession (disambiguation) Obsession (disambiguation) Obsession (disambiguation) obsessional obsessional obsessional obsessional Obsessional pursuit Obsessional pursuit Obsessional pursuit obsessionally obsessionally obsessionally obsessionally Obsessions Obsessions Obsessions Obsessions Obsessions are Obsessions are Obsessions are Obsessions are obsessive obsessive obsessive obsessive Obsessive Castle Disorder Obsessive Clinton Disorder Obsessive Comics Disorder

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