as in problem
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
her latest obsession is a movie star who she thinks is very handsome
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Recent Examples of obsession
Turn your obsessions into content Your weird hobbies hold business lessons others can't teach.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Reading a young boy — a young man, but really a 16-year-old boy — having crocodile tears and having this obsession with virtue signaling was something that immediately connected with us.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 8 June 2025
Moreover, ancient Korean court music and its instruments became an obsession with the echt-California composer Lou Harrison.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Trump's transactional instincts betray an obsession with performative actions regardless of long-term costs.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Reading a young boy — a young man, but really a 16-year-old boy — having crocodile tears and having this obsession with virtue signaling was something that immediately connected with us.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 8 June 2025
Moreover, ancient Korean court music and its instruments became an obsession with the echt-California composer Lou Harrison.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Trump's transactional instincts betray an obsession with performative actions regardless of long-term costs.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for obsession
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsession
Noun
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But that doesn't mean that Georgia's problems are over.—
Samantha Highfill,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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But Florida so far has failed to take a comprehensive approach to the problem.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2025
Noun
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At a time when Cold War tensions heightened curiosity and suspicion about all things Soviet, American consumers flocked to the new vodka as an edgy, exotic choice—drinking vodka became simultaneously an act of defiance and fascination.—
Time,
Time,
4 June 2025
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This experimental approach is characteristic of Ulvaeus’s career-long fascination with technological innovation.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 June 2025
Noun
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During this period, the concept of immortality—the physical departure from human society and the achievement of eternal life—became a national preoccupation.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Johnson’s appearance, however, occurred not in the current wave of federal overreach but in May of 1935, amid a feverish preoccupation with communism in academia.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Rush had a fixation on making the carbon fiber work, which had deadly consequences.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
11 June 2025
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Trump’s fixation with Xi and a potential sweeping economic deal has been a prominent public feature of his first and second terms in the White House, often to the chagrin of his most hardline advisors.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Jack’s fetish for suits put me in mind of his early experience grading spinach.—
Cree LeFavour,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Her videos will aim to appeal to those with hair fetishes.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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These spectacular environments and their all-consuming nature are often a form of therapy, a response to loneliness, boredom, trauma, mental illness, or religious mania–sometimes a combination.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Deborah’s happiness swiftly begins to resemble mania and/or denial.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
30 May 2025
Noun
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This contrasts with an apparent upcoming boom in Europe, although this is based on government coercion rather than enthusiasm for EVs.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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The club is led by driver and CEO Tom Slingsby, the Australian 2012 Olympic gold medalist, who shared his enthusiasm for adding Jackman and Reynolds to the crew.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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“Obsession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsession. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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