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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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