obsessive
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6.5
- noun
- /əbˈsɛsɪv/
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obsesivo
- An obsessive often spends hours fixating on a single hobby, neglecting other responsibilities.
Today's guest is stand up comedian, hip hop obsessive and fun fact, his best friend is his mom.
- Today's guest is stand up comedian, hip hop obsessive and fun fact, his best friend is his mom.
Examples
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Would an obsessive even pose the possibility of his own delusion?
Fiction book (2000) -
The people at Nerlink are obsessive animal lovers.
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I think most people in this room and most people you talk to are trying to build an obsessive audience.
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And then I guess my obsessive nature took over and one school became many schools.
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It's just us obsessives in here at this hour.
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They are often obsessive and exacting about details and work, and even about their work ethic.
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Chinese researchers recently compared the brain scans of average Internet users to the brain scans of Internet obsessives.
Blog text (29) -
Aisha is a bourbon and Hard Rock fan, a snowboarder and a sci-fi obsessive and we cover so much ground in this episode.
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As Madonna fans and obsessives know, today marks the 30th anniversary of the Material Girl's first appearance on a Billboard chart.
Blog text (17) -
For obsessives of hardcore street photography and photojournalists alike, there's one man to thank for taking photography outside of the studio: Henri Cartier-Bresson, who would have turned 104 today.
Blog text (30)
Synonyms
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6.8
A person who likes something so much it seems extreme
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4.7
A person who likes an activity very much and spends a lot of time doing it
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7.5
A person who loves something and spends a lot of time on it
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9.3
A person who has a very strong interest in one object or activity, not sexual
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9.9
A person who thinks about one idea so much they ignore other things
A person who thinks about one thing too much
A person who is very interested in one thing, like games or news
A person who works too much and misses family and friends
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.5
A person who has repeated unwanted thoughts and feels they must repeat actions that cause problems in daily life
- Specialized
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3.5
A long-term mental health problem where unwanted thoughts make you repeat actions
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8.3
Showing repeated unwanted thoughts and strong urges to repeat actions that make daily life difficult
- Specialized
A person who needs things very neat and repeats actions until they feel right
How Obsessive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun obsessive has the same roots, ob- 'against' and sedere 'to sit', so it paints the picture of a person whose mind is surrounded by one idea; an obsessive is someone who thinks about one thing all the time.