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obsession

/əbˈsɛʃən/noun3 syllables

Obsession means: an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will.

Synonyms for obsession5

noun, as in an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will

compulsion

noun, as in an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

fixation

also used for obsession

obsessedness, idée fixe, kick

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What does obsession mean?2

noun

1

an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will“her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly”

2

an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with obsession?21

two syllables

session
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Obsession in a sentence

  • I would no longer call this maximalism, but obsession.LeeSooHa
  • What do you think are the problems that underlie your obsession with martyrdom?shekitten
  • The truly wise people usually lack the obsession.dimitris
  • He has an obsession with controlling everything and everyone.felidad
  • He developed an obsession for a younger woman.Nuel
  • It had become a bit of an obsession.Nuel
  • Martino is just fueling his daughter’s obsession.Amastan
  • Oleg had some sort of strange obsession with feet.Amastan

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Forms of obsession

as a noun

plural
obsessions