obsession
noun
the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
obsessionally
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a word derived from
obsession.
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a word derived from
obsessional.
Example Sentences
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A generation which obsessionally deprives its children of sunshine for fear of distant adverse effects, now shrugs its shoulders at immeasurably greater dangers.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2012
Turnage's compositional career began "pretty obsessionally", aged nine.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2011
