obsessiveness
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7.0
- noun
- /əbˈsɛsɪvnəs/
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obsesividad
- His obsessiveness about every detail in his work often leads him to miss deadlines.
- a kind of obsessiveness
- my own obsessiveness
We're seeing the personality, the excitement, the obsessiveness that he had.
- We're seeing the personality, the excitement, the obsessiveness that he had.
- And it was on this like this number one constrictor, this obsessiveness about how you're perceived by others.
- So my obsessiveness to improve every little thing I do gone to that kind of ridiculous level.
- You feel a sense of rumination, constant fear, perfectionism, obsessiveness, wondering if you are crazy, sadness, grief, and there's no neck brace to help treat it.
- I mean with the the obsessiveness of being the best.
- But I think what's hard to teach is that obsessiveness, you know, why do you want to wake up?
Examples
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Gina's comment would have sent me into a black hole of despair, obsessiveness, and isolation.
Blog text (5) -
Submerged in this account of sexism and homosexuality are hints of the music's character: its uneasiness, its obsessiveness, and its sense of futile opposition.
Academic text (1999) -
I must add that I manage my obsessiveness pretty well.
Blog text (32) -
But I think what's hard to teach is that obsessiveness, you know, why do you want to wake up?
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We're seeing the personality, the excitement, the obsessiveness that he had.
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I'm a little puzzled at sort of the obsessiveness that some of these people have about the series.
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I have transferred most of my food obsessiveness to vegetables, and I have never been a binge eater, just an overeater.
Blog text (32) -
"All the obsessiveness has to start giving way to some logic and some cutting back of what you want to do and what you really have to do," says Sara M. Staman, a solo practitioner in Philadelphia.
Academic text (1999) -
There is a second reason, too, why Catesby's work provides a good starting point for a discussion of American natural history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and this has to do with the sheer obsessiveness he brought to his study of American birds.
Academic text (1995) -
This obsessiveness gives rise to sleeplessness, where the boundary between the sleeping state and the waking state breaks down, plunging the individual into a twilight zone.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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5.1
A very strong, lasting interest that controls your thoughts and actions
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6.7
A strong urge to do something that is hard to control
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5.6
Thinking about something a lot and not noticing other things
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7.5
An unhealthy strong interest in someone or something that harms daily life
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6.2
A way of thinking that focuses on one thing and ignores others
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6.1
A very strong focus on someone or something that harms your life
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7.5
A strong, repeated urge to do things even when you do not want them
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9.9
A very strong interest in one thing that makes someone ignore other things
Being too focused on one idea or activity
Repeatedly saying or doing the same thing even when you cannot stop
Strong urge to repeat actions even when you do not want to
A state of being driven by a strong urge that is hard to control
Being very focused on one thought or worry
Antonyms
How Obsessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word obsessiveness comes from the Latin parts ob- 'against' and sedere 'to sit'. Think of the word session, a time to 'sit' together, and imagine a thought that 'sits on' your mind and will not leave, which is why obsessiveness means thinking about something too much or being unable to stop doing it.