- [uncountable, countable] the state in which a person’s mind is completely filled with thoughts of one particular thing or person in a way that is not reasonable or normal
- Her fear of flying is bordering on obsession.
- obsession with somebody/something There's a national obsession with celebrity in England.
- The media's obsession with the young prince continues.
Extra Examples- I don't understand television's current obsession with cookery programmes.
- She was in the grip of an obsession and would not listen to reason.
- He has an unhealthy obsession with his diet.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dangerous
- unhealthy
- current
- …
- become
- have
- obsession with
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- [countable] obsession (with somebody) a person or thing that somebody thinks about too much
- Fitness has become an obsession with him.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dangerous
- unhealthy
- current
- …
- become
- have
- obsession with
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘siege’): from Latin obsessio(n-), from the verb obsidere, from ob- ‘opposite’ + sedere ‘sit’.
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