obsessiveness

Zawadzki also warns to make sure your love for your hobby doesn’t cross the line into obsessiveness — a problem he was introduced to when he studied gaming culture.

It freed him from the need to resolve every last inconsistency, and Choi seemed at peace, distanced from the single-minded obsessiveness that had been its own kind of prison.

D’Agata’s position is hardly defensible on literary grounds, but the obsessiveness of Fingal can make it seem that no piece of information can withstand his relentless scrutiny.

An example of the Klain’s focus — or obsessiveness, depending on the viewpoint — was his concentration on gas prices.

Watching the show now, its attitudes feel transitional: Sam is a dinosaur, whose sexual obsessiveness the series half celebrates, half critiques.