Hypertext Webster Gateway: "obsession"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Obsession \Ob*ses"sion\, n. [L. obsessio: cf.F. obsession.]
1. The act of besieging. --Johnson.
2. The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a
person beset by a spirit from without. --Tylor.
Whether by obsession or possession, I will not
determine. --Burton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
obsession
n 1: an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive
actions against your will [syn: {compulsion}]
2: an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or
someone [syn: {fixation}]
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