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fixation
preoccupation, hang-up
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mania
fixation, concern
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compulsion
fixation, personal problem
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infatuation
fixation, preoccupation
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preoccupation
fixation
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fetish
fixation, personal problem
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passion
hang-up
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phobia
personal problem, complex
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enthusiasm
preoccupation
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craze
hang-up, mania
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hang-up
bee in one’s bonnet, complex
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thing
preoccupation, concern
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neurosis
phobia, complex
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complex
preoccupation, phobia
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delusion
mental disorder, complex
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addiction
characteristic
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fascination
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fancy
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fixed idea
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crush
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desire
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ruling passion
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habit
characteristic
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rage
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craving
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monomania
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fanaticism
excessive enthusiasm
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possession
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fad
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urge
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- compulsion
- delusion
- enthusiasm
- fascination
- infatuation
- mania
- passion
- phobia
- preoccupation
- attraction
- case
- complex
- craze
- crush
- fancy
- fetish
- hang-up
- monkey on one’s back
- must
- neurosis
- phantom
- thing
- ax to grind
- bug in ear
- concrete idea
- idée fixe
- one-track mind
- something on the brain
- tiger by the tail
On this page you’ll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to obsession, such as: compulsion, delusion, enthusiasm, fascination, infatuation, and mania.
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In fact, as a new opinion piece in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy notes, the rise of GPS watches has only strengthened our obsession with tracking mileage.
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He started a guerilla campaign against the obsession with the aid of the brandy bottle.
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It signified that he had definitely given up pretending that he had the power of shaking off the obsession.
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WORDS RELATED TO OBSESSION
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- craving
- dependence
- enslavement
- fixation
- hang-up
- hook
- inclination
- jones
- kick
- monkey on one’s back
- obsession
- shot
- sweet tooth
- thing
- a thing about something
- anxiety
- exaggerated reaction
- fear
- fixation
- fixed idea
- hang-up
- idée fixe
- insanity
- mania
- neurosis
- obsession
- phobia
- preoccupation
- repression
- associations
- compounds
- conglomerates
- ecosystems
- entanglements
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- organizations
- schemes
- structures
- syndromes
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- systems
- totalities
- coercion
- constraint
- demand
- drive
- driving
- duress
- duty
- engrossment
- exigency
- force
- hang-up
- have on the brain
- monkey on one’s back
- necessity
- need
- obsession
- preoccupation
- prepossession
- pressure
- tiger by the tail
- urge
- urgency
- addictedness
- addiction
- belief
- confidence
- craving
- credence
- dependency
- faith
- habit
- jones
- obsession
- trust
- addictednesses
- addictions
- beliefs
- confidences
- cravings
- credence
- dependencies
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- obsessions
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compulsion, obsessionnoun
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
«her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly»
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obsession, fixationnoun
an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
Synonyms:
fixation, infantile fixation, arrested development, regression, fixing, compulsion
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Curtis Houck:
If this desire to continue on as Zucker would want them to with divisive rhetoric toward non-Democrats and an obsession with Trump and Russia, CNN will only continue to decline and truly become unsalvageable as a news organization.
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Eric Swalwell:
In that (Holmes) statement that was released there was a lot to be concerned about, particularly that more witnesses described the president’s obsession with investigating his political opponents.
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John McDonnell:
There should be no sales of RBS shares, full-stop. But because of this government’s obsession with privatization, the taxpayers who bailed out the bank will now incur an enormous loss.
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Cipy:
Youth makes poor judgment. Youth is driven by hormones. Reason takes a backseat to blind obsession with the opposite sex.
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Catalunya Radio journalist Ernest Macia:
After what has happened in the last two seasons, Champions League is now the priority — I would say it’s an obsession, in Barcelona we know we have potentially the best player of all time and that we are wasting our time committing absurd mistakes.
Translations for obsession
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- هاجسArabic
- obsessióCatalan, Valencian
- posedlost, obseseCzech
- besættelse, tvangstanke, fiks ideDanish
- Besessenheit, fixe IdeeGerman
- μανία, ψυχαναγκασμός, εμμονή, ιδεοληψίαGreek
- obsesiónSpanish
- وسواسPersian
- pakkomielle, riippuvuusFinnish
- obsession, idée fixeFrench
- beò-ghlacadhScottish Gaelic
- אובססיהHebrew
- जुनूनHindi
- ossessione, fissaItalian
- דִבּוּקHebrew
- 妄想Japanese
- 집착Korean
- apsēstībaLatvian
- whakamaimoaMāori
- dwangvoorstelling, bezetenheid, obsessie, fixatieDutch
- obsessãoPortuguese
- idee fixă, obsesieRomanian
- одержимость, зацикленность, навязчивая идея, фиксация, мания, идея-фиксRussian
- opsednutostSerbo-Croatian
- besatthetSwedish
- ความคิดครอบงำThai
- sự ám ảnhVietnamese
- obsessionYiddish
- 困擾Chinese
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addiction, bigotry, compulsion, craze, delusion, en.synonym.one, dementia, derangement, difficulty, disturbance, emotional problem, enthusiasm, excitement, fanaticism, fervour, fetish, fixation, habit, hang-up, hangup, idolatry, infatuation, inhibition, insanity, intolerance, mania, en.synonym.one, narrow-mindedness, neurosis, paranoia, passion, phobia, predicament, prejudice, repression, stumbling block, tic.
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[ ɒbsˈɛʃən], [ ɒbsˈɛʃən], [ ɒ_b_s_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]
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adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- characteristic.
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n.
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- element,
- priority,
- essence,
- key,
- staple,
- feature,
- basis,
- burning issue/question,
- core.
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- defense,
- catharsis,
- fixated,
- thing,
- concern,
- damage,
- fetish,
- conditioning,
- exorcism,
- defense mechanism.
• addiction (noun)
- enslavement,
- sweet tooth,
- craving,
- inclination,
- hook,
- bent,
- dependence,
- fixation.
• blind spot (noun)
- tunnel vision.
• complex (noun)
- insanity,
- repression,
- fear,
- exaggerated reaction,
- fixed idea,
- anxiety,
- a thing about something.
• compulsion (noun)
- duress,
- coercion,
- drive,
- duty,
- urgency,
- demand,
- have on the brain,
- constraint,
- necessity,
- driving,
- tiger by the tail,
- urge,
- prepossession,
- need,
- engrossment,
- exigency,
- force,
- pressure,
- Exigencies.
• fascination (noun)
- glamour,
- enchantment,
- appeal,
- lure,
- charm,
- trance,
- enthrallment,
- witchcraft,
- piquancy,
- magnetism,
- spell,
- power,
- allure,
- magic,
- charisma,
- sorcery.
• fear (noun)
- phobia.
• fixation (noun)
- delusion,
- attraction,
- phantom,
- craze,
- fancy,
- hang up.
• fixation; consumption with belief, desire (noun)
- case.
• habit (noun)
- consuetude,
- fashion,
- make-ups,
- gravitation,
- manner,
- impulsion,
- Habits,
- disposition,
- rule,
- proneness,
- wont,
- fixed attitude,
- custom,
- constitution,
- mannerism,
- weakness,
- habitude,
- susceptibility,
- groove,
- bias,
- usage,
- quirk,
- make-up,
- pattern,
- nature,
- impulsions,
- rut,
- frame of mind,
- use,
- convention,
- wonts,
- mode,
- praxis,
- routine,
- penchant,
- persuasion,
- Assuetude,
- hangup,
- style,
- predisposition,
- set,
- turn,
- propensity,
- proclivity,
- second nature,
- way.
• hang-up (noun)
- impasse,
- block,
- restraint,
- reserve,
- difficulty,
- disturbance,
- problem,
- dilemma,
- predicament,
- inhibition.
• hobby (noun)
- sport,
- whimsy,
- fun,
- amusement,
- labor of love,
- avocation,
- craft,
- relaxation,
- occupation,
- game,
- shot,
- vagary,
- whim,
- diversion,
- specialty,
- distraction,
- play,
- interest,
- art,
- quest.
• idée fixe (noun)
- idee-fixe,
- irresistible impulses,
- obsessive compulsions.
• mania (noun)
- bee,
- frenzy,
- tiger,
- dementia,
- fad,
- furor,
- delirium,
- lunacy,
- aberration,
- derangement,
- craziness,
- disorder,
- partiality.
• neurosis (noun)
- deviation,
- mental illness,
- affliction,
- madness,
- instability,
- abnormality,
- breakdown,
- hysteria.
• obsession (noun)
- must,
- crush,
- something on the brain,
- enthusiasm,
- concrete idea,
- ax to grind.
• one-track mind (noun)
- single mindedness,
- single mindednesses,
- onetrack mind,
- ruling passions,
- single-mindednesses,
- one track mind,
- singlemindednesses.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- single-mindedness,
- bug in ear,
- maladjustment,
- maladjustments,
- irrational motive,
- Witcheries,
- habit,
- pre-conditions,
- jones,
- vital parts,
- favorite occupation,
- rage,
- divertissements,
- obsession,
- Leisure Activity,
- thing about,
- prerequisites,
- Leisure Activities,
- imperatives,
- one-track mind,
- grabbers,
- singlemindedness,
- desideratum,
- vital part,
- bee in bonnet,
- monomania,
- crack-ups,
- myopia,
- leisure pursuit,
- compulsion,
- hang-up,
- pre-requisite,
- narrowmindedness,
- Personality Disorders,
- shortsightedness,
- sideline,
- grabber,
- preoccupation,
- schtick,
- neurosis,
- Desiderata,
- constricted vision,
- excessive enthusiasm,
- obsessive compulsion,
- on the brain,
- irresistible impulse,
- crackups,
- neurasthenia,
- psychopathy,
- crackup,
- fascination,
- passion,
- monkey on back,
- psychological disorder,
- pre-requisites,
- complex,
- pet topic,
- personality disorder,
- mania,
- thing for,
- requirements,
- witchery,
- Divertissement,
- board game,
- ruling passion,
- narrow outlook,
- hobby,
- crack-up.
• phobia (noun)
- dis taste,
- dis-taste,
- dis tastes,
- dis-gusts,
- dis-tastes,
- dis-gust,
- dis gust,
- thing abouts,
- dis gusts.
• preoccupation (noun)
- pre-occupation,
- pre-occupations,
- pre occupations,
- pre occupation.
• rage (noun)
- hysterics,
- wingding,
- wrath,
- ravings,
- ferocities,
- wingdings,
- ferocity,
- up set,
- hysteric.
• requirement/requisite (noun)
- pre requisites,
- pre condition,
- ex actions,
- pre-condition,
- ex-actions,
- pro-visos,
- pre conditions,
- pro visos,
- pro viso,
- pro visions,
- pro-viso,
- pro-vision,
- ex action,
- pro vision,
- ex-action,
- pro-visions.
• tunnel vision (noun)
- constricted visions,
- Myopias,
- shortsightednesses,
- narrowmindednesses,
- narrow outlooks,
- tunnel-vision.
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- megalomania,
- desire.
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- requirement.
• addiction
- monkey.
• captivation
- infatuation.
• dependence
- addiction.
• zeal
- fanaticism.
How to use «Obsession» in context?
In English, «obsession» means an intense or passionate interest in something. It can be a bad thing, because it can become a fixation on something that’s not good for you. But obsession can also be a good thing, because it can be a powerful motivation to achieve a goal. Obsession can be something that you have, or it can be something that other people have against you.
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Noun, singular or mass
mania.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
addiction, fascination, insistence, persistence, tenacity.
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Noun, singular or mass
concern, craze, fantasy, fetish, fixation, madness, obsessive, obstinacy, passion.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Obsession:
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motive
irrational motive.
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motive
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Nearby words
- obsess
- obsessed
- obsessed with
- obsesses
- obsessing
- Obsession
- (oh,) what a shame
- (oneself to)
- …only to do something
- …or bust
- …or something (like that)
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