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Obsessive
/əbsˈɛsɪv/
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adjective
obsessive
,
obsessional
adj. Persistently and abnormally preoccupied with some unreasonable idea.
Synonyms:
compulsive.
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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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"Obsessive" Quotes from Famous Books
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open old people's homes for her sons. She desexes her people with sport and
obsessive
ideas: were not other countries keeping her in perpetual unrest, she would in a couple of generations be
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— Look Back on Happiness • Knut Hamsun
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