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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | psychological problem |
| Synonyms: | a thing about something, anxiety, exaggerated reaction, fear, fixation, fixed idea, hang-up, idée fixe, insanity, mania, neurosis, obsession, phobia, preoccupation, repression |
| Notes: | something complex may be well-organized and logically constructed as well as subtle and intricate, while a thing that is complicated will have something irregular, perverse, asymmetrical in addition to fundamental intricacy; complex is more formal and technical (a problem in mathematics is complex) while something like personal life can be complicated |
| Main Entry: | one-track mind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mind set on one idea |
| Synonyms: | attraction, compulsion, fascination, fixation, fixed idea, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, monomania, obsession, passion, preoccupation, prepossession, ruling passion, single-mindedness, tunnel vision |
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