Definitions for: Obsession

[n] an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
[n] an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will

Webster (1913) Definition: Ob*ses"sion, n. [L. obsessio: cf.F. obsession.]
1. The act of besieging. --Johnson.

2. The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a
person beset by a spirit from without. --Tylor.

Whether by obsession or possession, I will not
determine. --Burton.

Synonyms: compulsion, fixation

See Also: irrational motive, onomatomania, preoccupation

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