engrossment

Examples

• All

• The 1993 address clearly builds on the critique of anthropocentricity and of "the total engrossment in everyday life" limned in the Harvard address.

  Academic text (1998)

• It alone allows for the advantages of modernity to be preserved while protecting the soul from engrossment in everydayness.

  Academic text (1998)

• Land engrossment seems to have advanced noticeably in this period as well.

  Academic text (1994)

• The engrossment in everydayness is, in fact, a diversion from the fundamental human experiences.

  Academic text (1998)

• Above all, the total engrossment in everyday life has led to a diversion of our eyes from the inescapability of death.

  Academic text (1998)

• I have already noted the chief means by which Strauss makes the Guide more mysterious: (a) "engrossment" with the subject matter; (b) abstraction from its obvious purpose as a guide for the "perplexed"; and (c) neglect of its plan and of its themes.

  Academic text (2002)

• The magnitude of the military defeat and engrossment in the search for a solution to the Middle East crisis did not deter Arab leaders from infighting, a sine qua non in the dynamics of Arab politics.

  Academic text (1997)

• Prebish (1993) likens the state achieved by athletes to a peak experience in which total engrossment, effortlessness, and transcendence of self can be achieved independent of performance.

  Academic text (2000)

• She was lost in engrossment while reading her favorite novel, completely unaware of the time passing.

• His engrossment in the intricate puzzle made him forget about dinner until he heard his mother calling.

Synonyms

C

concentration

vsengrossment

122 3.3

The ability to give all your attention to something

describes the resulting complete involvement rather than the effort to focus

P

preoccupation

vsengrossment

26 5.6

Thinking about something a lot and not noticing other things

is broader full involvement not limited to one dominating thought

I

immersion

vsengrossment

11 5.4

Giving full attention to something so you forget other things

is the general state of full involvement, not only intense focus moments

A

absorption

vsengrossment

5 4.9

A person gives complete attention to something and does not notice other things

is the same state but used more generally in everyday speech

C

captivation

vsengrossment

1 6.7

A strong feeling of being very interested and charmed by something

is deep involvement without the emotional charm or attraction element

E

enthrallment

vsengrossment

1 8.4

A strong feeling of being very interested and unable to look away

is involvement without the strong sense of being spellbound

I

intentness

vsengrossment

6.8

A strong, focused attention on a task

is the broader state of full involvement rather than a quality of focus

P

preoccupancy

vsengrossment

8.5

Being very focused on one thought or worry

is full involvement that need not be driven by a particular concern

E

entrancement

vsengrossment

8.1

A feeling of deep wonder and delight that makes you unable to look away

is absorption without the strong wonder or delight feeling

M

mesmerization

vsengrossment

• US

7.4

A strong feeling of complete fascination that holds your attention

is active deep engagement rather than passive trance like fascination

Antonyms

D

distraction

234 2.9

Something that takes your attention away from what you are doing

I

indifference

71 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

How Absorbed

engrossment

1 7.0

immersion

11 5.4

involvement

418 2.9

attention

∞ 1.6

interest

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology