Words and phrases that have a meaning related to preoccupation: (147 results)
Often used in the same context:
obsession, fascination, fixation, infatuation, predilection, aversion, disinterest, ambivalence, sexlessness, bugbear, distaste, concern, unhappiness, tendency, overemphasis, enfeeblement, idealisation, centrality, impatience, epiphenomena, reticence, omnipresence, fruitlessness, compulsiveness, obsessiveness, disenchantment, pusillanimity, mystification, disdain, fecklessness, reification, disillusionment, egotism, ineffectuality, unimportance, lassitude, pompousness, monomania, peccadillos, neurosis, solipsism, proclivity, spinelessness, leitmotif, paradox, leitmotiv, idolisation, piggishness, idolization, dissatisfaction, diffidence, obliviousness, precariousness, bugaboo, deracination, prudery, penchant, animality, inconstancy, nebulousness, dubiousness, murderousness, vulgarization, fearfulness, solicitousness, intractability, fondness, lust, antipathy, indifference, reactionism, perplexity, obtuseness, hobbyhorse, squeamishness, ambiguousness, allure, narcissism, desire, banality, moralism, dichotomy, embattlement, inseparability, uninterest, latent hostility, conflation, uselessness, bipolarity, disjuncture, touchiness, standoffishness, acquisitiveness, peculiarity, idee fixe, unhealthiness, contrariness, flirtation, annoyance, idealization, jadedness, compulsion, preoccupations, anxieties, emphasis, distrust, focus, im, theme, desideratum, disquiet, interest, anxiety, concerns, glorification, obsessions, prejudice
More specific:
absentmindedness, abstractedness, abstraction, hang-up, self-absorption
Appears in the definition of:
., absent, absentminded, absentmindedness, abstracted, abstractedness, abstraction, animalism, bibliomania, fixation, hang-up, inwardness, obsession, physicality, scatology, scatty, self-absorption, think
More general:
cognitive state, idea, state of mind, thought
Synonyms:
Also try:absorption, engrossment, preoccupancy
— Adjectives for preoccupation: major, main, constant, intense, central, chief, excessive, exclusive, obsessive, primary, current, more...
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