Feminine

obsessão

Meaning

(feminine) fixation, obsession
(feminine) obsession (compulsive or irrational preoccupation)
(feminine) vexation caused by the Devil’s influence, without possession

idéia fixa

ideia fixa

dwangvoorstelling

ιδεοληψία

fixació

Obsession

fissazione

idée fixe

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ob.seˈsɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Latin

obsessio

In summary

Borrowed from Latin obsessiōnem (“siege; obsession”), from obsideō (“to siege”), from ob (“before”) + sedeō (“to sit”).

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