obsessionalityn.
/əbsɛʃəˈnalᵻti/, U.S. /əbˌsɛʃəˈnælədi/, /ɑbˌsɛʃəˈnælədi/ The fact, state, or condition of being obsessive; the tendency to be obsessive. Also, occasionally (Psychology): a measure of this.
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obsessiveness1944
obsessionalism1953
obsessionality1966
1966 Listener 25 Aug. 266/2 A possibility..would be an access of obsessionality, in an attempt to close the gap caused by the disruption of ritual.
1982 R. Littlewood & M. Lipsedge Aliens & Alienists vii. 157 All three societies, says Benedict, have characteristic personality traits: megalomania among the Kwakiutl, obsessionality among the Pueblo and paranoia among the Dobuans.
1988 Guardian (Nexis) 8 July The people who had been involved in accidents..showed higher signs of anxiety as individuals; they were also people who scored fairly high on obsessionality.
1990 Q. Jrnl. Med. 77 1197 The Crown-Crisp experiential index, a standardized self-report inventory providing a measure of the psychoneurotic state. Six sub-scales, each with eight items measure free-floating anxiety, phobic anxiety, obsessionality, somatic concomitants of anxiety, depression and hysterical personality.
2000 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 157 1799 Perfectionism in anorexia nervosa: Variation by clinical subtype, obsessionality, and pathological eating behavior.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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