preoccupation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act of occupying something before someone else.

Synonyms

absorption
34k
preoccupancy
obsession
C1
prejudice
C2
concentration
C1

undivided attention

concern
B1
immersion
31k
engrossment
absentmindedness
absent-mindedness
anxiety
C1
bemusement
bias
C2
care
A1
fixation
24k
preconception
abstractedness
forethought
hire
B2

concernment

inclination
23k
job
A1
need
A1
charge
A2
occupation
C1
pastime
21k

earning the first

preemption
burden
B2
activity
B2
propensity
40k
provision
21k
sit-in
40k
solicitude
stereotypes
24k
study
B1
takeover
C2
thing
A1
trial
B1
woolgathering
worry
A1
fetich
fetish
C2
Translations

preocupação
preocupación
verstrooidheid
préoccupation

Vertieftsein

absorção

vooringenomenheid

vooroordeel
preocupació

απασχόληση

absorbement

Versunkensein

gänzliche Inanspruchnahme

amoïnament

intranquil·litat

Frequency

42k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌpɹiɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/
Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupātiō. By surface analysis, pre- + occupation or preoccupy + -ation.

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