preoccupation
21preoccupation — [priːˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃ(ə)n] noun 1) [singular/U] a state in which you think about something so much that you do not think about other things a preoccupation with death[/ex] 2) [C] something that you think about and want to do because it is important Syn …
22preoccupation — /priɒkjəˈpeɪʃən/ (say preeokyuh payshuhn) noun 1. the state of being preoccupied: *He had suffered spiritual assault, and in his distress and blind preoccupation with the wound to his feelings his feet led him astray. –frank dalby davison, 1965.… …
23preoccupation — noun Date: 1603 1. an act of preoccupying ; the state of being preoccupied 2. a. extreme or excessive concern with something b. something that preoccupies one …
24preoccupation — /pree ok yeuh pay sheuhn, pree ok /, n. 1. the state of being preoccupied. 2. an act of preoccupying. [1530 40; < L praeoccupation (s. of praeoccupatio) a taking possession beforehand. See PRE , OCCUPATION] * * * …
25preoccupation — noun a) the state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment b) the act of occupying something before someone else Syn: preoccupancy …
26preoccupation — Synonyms and related words: Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absentmindedness, absorbed attention, absorption, abstractedness, abstraction, abulia, adoption, adverse possession, alienation, alodium, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state,… …
27preoccupation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. absorption, daydreaming, amusement; see distraction 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Total occupation of the attention or of the mind: absorption, engrossment, enthrallment, immersion, prepossession. See EXCITE …
28preoccupation — n. being lost in thought, being occupied with meditations; obsession, fixation; thought that is constantly on one s mind; previous appropriation, prior tenure or possessionpre·oc·cu·pa·tion || ‚prÉªË É‘kjÉ™ peɪʃn / É’kjÊŠ …
29preoccupation — noun the state of being preoccupied. ↘a matter that preoccupies someone …
30preoccupation — n. 1. Prior occupation, previous occupation, earlier possession. 2. Prepossession. 3. Abstraction, inattention, inadvertence, inadvertency, revery, musing, absence, muse, absence of mind, brown study …
