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obsessive
[ uhb-ses-iv ]
adjective
- being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession:
an obsessive fear of illness.
- causing an obsession.
- excessive, especially extremely so.
noun
- someone who has an obsession or obsessions; a person who thinks or behaves in an obsessive manner.
obsessive
/ əbˈsɛsɪv /
adjective
- psychiatry motivated by a persistent overriding idea or impulse, often associated with anxiety and mental illness
- continually preoccupied with a particular activity, person, or thing
noun
- psychiatry a person subject to obsession
- a person who is continually preoccupied with a particular activity, person, or thing
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Derived Forms
- obˈsessively, adverb
- obˈsessiveness, noun
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Other Words From
- ob·sessive·ly adverb
- ob·sessive·ness noun
- nonob·sessive adjective
- nonob·sessive·ly adverb
- nonob·sessive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of obsessive1
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Example Sentences
Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.
McCauley may have married beneath her station, but Gordon-Levitt has obsessive fans.
But it looks like it was created by crazed person with obsessive-compulsive behavior.
Panicked, I reached out to hoarding experts, who often refer to any kind of obsessive digital collecting as “infomania.”
The line between being careful about what you eat and being obsessive is difficult to distinguish.
Throughout his literary activity it has an obsessive hold on his mind.
Now, however, actual and obsessive dread showed plainly on his face and in his movements.
It did not wear away, as he had supposed it would, but was becoming an obsessive factor in his thoughts.
The most common of these obsessive acts is washing with water (washing obsession).
There is a great deal of difference between the interest shown by normal people and the obsessive interest of scientists.
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