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obsession
noun as in fixation; consumption with belief, desire
Strongest matches
compulsion, delusion, enthusiasm, fascination, infatuation, mania, passion, phobia, preoccupation
Strong matches
attraction, case, complex, craze, crush, fancy, fetish, hang-up, monkey on one's back, must, neurosis, phantom, thing
Weak matches
ax to grind, bug in ear, concrete idea, idée fixe, one-track mind, something on the brain, tiger by the tail
Example Sentences
My brother has always had an obsession with Beef Wellington.
Los Angeles Unified has offered the first details of what a cellphone-free school day will soon look like as educators attempt to break the digital-device obsession of a generation of students, aiming to get them off their screens and focused on classroom learning.
Im’s adult son and daughter, who have never quite understood their father’s obsession, often ask him why he doesn’t just buy a building or two in Seoul and live comfortably off the rent.
She immediately ordered a Catwoman costume, but the obsession didn’t stop there.
Also, in one of his first appearances on the show, Hernández talks at length about his baseball obsession, which started in his hometown of Miami.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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