obsessional
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7.7
- adjective
- /əbˈsɛʃənl/
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obsesivo
- In domestic economic policy, this translated into an almost obsessional emphasis on heavy industry, which caused a steady decline in the country's standard of living and worker productivity.
Prodigies have brains that have exceptional memory, almost obsessional attention to detail.
- Prodigies have brains that have exceptional memory, almost obsessional attention to detail.
- I would say that I quite consciously rely on my obsessions and all my work, that I deliberately set up an obsessional frame of mind.
Examples
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His obsessional thoughts about the project made it hard for him to focus on anything else.
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Still, he had been looking forward to this weekend in an increasingly obsessional manner over the last couple of weeks.
Fiction book (1999) -
This became one of Jay's obsessional themes of detection.
Fiction book (1996) -
I would say that I quite consciously rely on my obsessions and all my work, that I deliberately set up an obsessional frame of mind.
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I'm talking about a deep-seated obsessional hatred and an utter lack of respect for human life.
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We are talking about deep-seated, obsessional hatred; an utter lack of sense of proportion or perspective.
Fiction book (1992) -
She approached her hobbies in an obsessional way, spending hours on each detail.
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He had an obsessional fear of germs, prompting him to wash his hands repeatedly.
Synonyms
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4.8
Very strongly interested in someone or something and thinking about them all the time
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6.2
Thinking about something too much in a way that harms you
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5.6
Unable to stop doing something because of a strong, repeated urge
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6.8
Very strong support for an idea or cause without question
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9.9
Being very focused on one idea and ignoring other things
Being unable to stop repeating actions, speech, or thoughts
How Obsessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word obsessional comes from Latin parts ob- ('against') and sedere ('to sit'), and it shares the same root as obsess and obsession. Think of a thought that 'sits on' you and won't go away, which is why obsessional describes persistent, unwanted thoughts.