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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obsession |
| Synonyms: | bias, craze*, desire, fixation, golden calf, idée fixe, leaning, luck, mania, partiality, penchant, periapt, predilection, prejudice, preoccupation, prepossession, proclivity, propensity, stimulant, thing* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amulet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charm |
| Synonyms: | fetish, lucky piece, ornament, talisman |
| Main Entry: | charm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talisman |
| Synonyms: | amulet, fetish, good-luck piece, juju, lucky piece, madstone, mascot, phylactery, rabbit's foot, trinket, zemi |
| Main Entry: | fixation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obsession |
| Synonyms: | addiction, case, complex, craze, crush, fascination, fetish, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, preoccupation, thing |
| Main Entry: | idol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person greatly admired |
| Synonyms: | beloved, darling, dear, deity, desire, eidolon, false god, favorite, fetish, god, goddess, golden calf, graven image, hero, icon, image, inamorata, pagan symbol, simulacrum, superstar |
| Main Entry: | kink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's idiosyncrasy |
| Synonyms: | eccentricity, fetish, foible, notion, peculiarity, quirk, singularity, vagary, whim |
| Antonyms: | normalcy |
| Main Entry: | mania |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation, madness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ax to grind, bee in bonnet, bee, bug in ear, bug*, compulsion, craving, craze, craziness, delirium, dementia, derangement, desire, disorder, enthusiasm, fad, fancy, fascination, fetish, fixed idea, frenzy, furor, grabber, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, insanity, lunacy, monomania, obsession, on the brain, partiality, passion, preoccupation, rage, thing, tiger by the tail, tiger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obsession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation; consumption with belief, desire |
| Synonyms: | attraction, ax to grind, bug in ear, case*, complex, compulsion, concrete idea, craze*, crush, delusion, enthusiasm, fancy, fascination, fetish, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, monkey*, must, neurosis, one-track mind, passion, phantom, phobia, preoccupation, something on the brain, thing*, tiger by the tail |
| Antonyms: | indifference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sexual abnormality |
| Synonyms: | aberration, anomaly, corruption, debauchery, deviance, fetish, immorality, kink, kinkiness, sexual deviation |
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