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English Dictionary: obsession by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obsession
n
  1. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
    Synonym(s): compulsion, obsession
  2. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
    Synonym(s): obsession, fixation
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.
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