obsessiveness

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His obsessiveness and solitude recall the math genius in Darren Aronofsky’s first feature, “Pi,” and “OBEX” has much of that film’s homemade-looking gusto as well as its attractive facility for unpredictable dreamlike twists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

According to his former associate, Sacks pursues his objectives with an obsessiveness that serves him well in Silicon Valley's company-building culture.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

His forcefulness in his right hand sometimes tipped into rawness — which, in passages of worried repetition, added an intriguing note of obsessiveness but otherwise felt too steely for such an intimate space.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2022

Twitter is a different beast from Instagram, Emily’s medium of choice, but what I think the show gets right is the impulsiveness and obsessiveness of social media use.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2021

The same obsessiveness would surface in his later life, whether in his duties at the Royal Mint or in his many disputes with people such as Hooke and Gottfried Leibnitz, the other inventor of calculus.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin