🔄 Synonyms of "Obsession"
2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| compulsionnoun | An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences. |
| fixationnoun | A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| compulsionnoun | An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences. |
| fixationnoun | A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing. |
| obsessivenoun | A person who is obsessed, who has an obsession. |
| delusionnoun | A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts. |
| concernnoun | That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. |
| passionnoun | Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate. |
| fantasynoun | (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc. |
| stubbornnessnoun | The state of being stubborn. |
| obstinacynoun | The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness. |
| insistencenoun | An urgent demand. |
| tenacitynoun | The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness. |
| fetishnoun | (countable, uncountable) Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body. |
| persistencenoun | The property of being persistent. |
| manianoun | Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism. |
| perseverancenoun | Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure. |
| habitnoun | An action performed on a regular basis. |
| madnessnoun | The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease. |
| crazenoun | A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad. |
| apprehensionnoun | Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future. |
| handlenoun | The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved. |
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