obsession

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being obsessed.
  2. (countable, uncountable) An idea that engenders a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, or the preoccupation thereby engendered.
  3. (countable, uncountable) An activity or entity that inspires a compulsive and potentially unhealthy fixation, or the fixation thereby inspired.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Influence or control by evil spirits without possession.

Übersetzungen

Frequenz

C1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/əbˈsɛʃən/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From Latin obsessio (“a besieging”), from obsidere (“to besiege”); see obsess. Equivalent to obsess + -ion.

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