preoccupationn.

Brit.

/prɪˌɒkjᵿˈpeɪʃn/,

/ˌpriːɒkjᵿˈpeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˈˌpriˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s–1700s praeoccupation, 1600s– preoccupation.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French préoccupation; Latin praeoccupātiōn-, praeoccupātiō.

Etymology: < Middle French, French préoccupation care, concern (1486 in an isolated attestation; subsequently from 1835), action of meeting an objection beforehand (1547), state of being preoccupied by a preconceived idea, prejudice (1580), state of being preoccupied or engrossed by something (1733) and its etymon classical Latin praeoccupātiōn-, praeoccupātiō act of seizing in advance, in post-classical Latin also anticipation, prolepsis, prejudice (5th cent. in Augustine) < praeoccupāt- , past participial stem of praeoccupāre preoccupate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Italian preoccupazione (14th cent.). Compare preoccupy v.

†1. The meeting of objections beforehand; spec. (Rhetoric) a figure of speech in which objections are anticipated and prevented; anticipation, prolepsis. Obsolete.In quots. 1538 and 1552, erroneously explained as equivalent to paralipsis (see paralipsis n.), apparently by confusing this with prolepsis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > anticipation

preventing1530

preoccupation1552

anticipation1553

antedate1573

prolepsis1578

forestalment1611

forestalling1641

precourse1678

pre-echo1781

pre-empting1857

previousness1881

proaction1953

proactivity1965

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > anticipation > of opponent's objections

preoccupation1552

prevention1571

procatalepsis1577

prolepsis1580

presumptuous1589

preventer1589

propounder1589

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Pręoccupatio, a fygure in Rhetorike, whan we will saye that we will not tell a thinge, and yet therby couertly we wil declare the matter, or make it suspected.]

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Preoccupation..is also a certayne fygure in rethorycke, or a darke speakynge, as when we wyll saye, I wyll not tell all (etc.).

1560 W. Painter tr. W. Fulke Antiprognosticon Ded. sig. Aii^v Our familiaritie is suche, that neyther we haue neede of preoccupation, nor yet of many wordes in vtteryng our requeste.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ii. viii. 30 They preuent vs with a figure. [Margin] Prolepsis or Præoccupation.

1611 W. Sclater Key to Key of Script. 386 The words haue in them a preoccupation, of what might be obiected against the former doctrine.

1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 64 By waie..of obviation, prævention, præoccupation and anticipation.

†2. Mental prepossession leading to a particular disposition or tendency; bias, prejudice; influence; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [noun]

forejudging1571

preoccupation1572

prejudicateness1603

prejudicacy1608

forestalment1611

prepossession1638

anticipation1640

prejudice1643

biasedness1667

prevention1671

engagement1689

prejudgement1799

strabismus1844

parti pris1860

1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth ii. f. 86^v The chief of these two Machiauellians..intruded himself by preoccupation into her presence and seruice,..&..suggested vnto her certaine false feares.

c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 202 Keeping youre hairt free from præoccupation [1599 preoccupation].

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 257 These [Atheists] have some preoccupation of judgement that makes their taste wallowish, and tastlesse.

1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 135 Let not your desires of promoving this great..businesse, blind you from foreseeing all sorts of preoccupations, which..you..may perchance find greater.

1696 J. Locke Lett. (1708) 156 'Tis your preoccupation in favour of me, that makes you say what you do.

1712 W. Popple Rational Catech. 70 If I could perfectly attain to that freedom from all preoccupation which you required from me.

1793 Beawes's Civil Hist. Spain & Portugal I. i. 12 To remain convinced, it will be sufficient to read the Testimonies that are alledged, unprejudiced by a Preoccupation.

1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) iv. xxiv. 346 Starting as we believe without pre-occupation.

†3. Occupation of a place in advance; previous occupation. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > [noun] > occupancy > beforehand

preoccupation1658

preoccupancy1755

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Præoccupation, a possessing before hand.

1717 R. Blackmore Ess. upon Several Subj. 246 This is the bright Reward which the great Pagan Authors promis'd to themselves from their Works, while they triumph'd in the Pre-occupation of future Fame and empty Immortality.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 7. 58 The necessity of dispossessing the sensual faculties of the influence which they must naturally gain by this preoccupation of the soul.

1848 Maitland (New S. Wales) Mercury 8 Jan. (Suppl.) 1/2 Several..were resorting to the most extraordinary and even fraudulent means to secure right of possession by pre-occupation.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xii. 403 Pre-occupation has probably played an important part in checking the commingling of species.

1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 21 A change of situation took place, and Hell was filled by the couple who were excluded by pre-occupation from the other place.

4. The state or condition of being preoccupied or engrossed by something; mental absorption; an instance of this. Frequently with with.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [noun]

intendance1390

intentionc1400

intensiona1619

absorption1640

immersion1647

preoccupation1788

concentration1823

engrossment1838

self-condensation1841

enchainment1849

submergence1872

immersal1901

absorbency1974

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [noun]

amusement1663

reverie1690

abstractedness1705

absence1709

preoccupation1788

absentness1790

abstraction1791

absent-mindedness1845

misadvertence1870

not-thereness1902

la-la land1979

1788 New Sylph 40 His conversation, which had hitherto been so delightful to me, was now, from the preoccupation of my mind, become a burden.

1814 F. Burney Wanderer IV. viii. lxxi. 245 The beautiful Gothic structure before her..was nearly lost to her sight, from the misery and pre-occupation of her mind.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. viii. i. 264 The preoccupation of men's minds with this absorbing subject.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. xiv. 290 The stamp of gravity and intellectual preoccupation in his face and bearing.

1883 T. H. Green Proleg. Ethics §297 To be always fingering one's motives is a sign..of an unwholesome preoccupation with self.

1922 J. Galsworthy Forsyte Saga I. ii. x. 235 Young Jolyon pondered this letter so long and seriously that his wife noticed his preoccupation, and asked him what was the matter.

1961 Guardian 17 May 8/5 We should not allow a preoccupation with psychosomatic illness..to blind us to the advances..in the treatment of somato-psychic disorders.

1982 R. Grudin Time & Art of Living xi.182 What is to be avoided is preoccupation—..the nervous escape from thought to thought, the scratching and hair-fluffing, the short circuit of distraction.

2003 Nature 28 Aug. 981/1 Society's increasing preoccupation with looks is fuelling a booming business in cosmetic drugs.

5. An occupation that takes precedence over all others; a subject or matter that engrosses a person and dominates his or her thoughts.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > which takes precedence

preoccupation1844

priority1936

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > occupation or preoccupation

preoccupation1844

bag1960

1844 tr. J. Janin in Monthly Rev. May 17 The sole preoccupation of the entire city was to know if it could talk a little better the next day than the day before.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vi. 166 The first preoccupation of every Greek who visited Olympia, was to see the statue of Zeus.

1883 Manch. Guard. 13 Oct. 7/2 The fixed preoccupation of our agents on the spot..is to maintain the peace.

1912 E. K. Francis tr. J. Keble Lect. on Poetry 1832–41 II. xxix. 233 The Maiden Chorus bursts forth with some light, youthful strain, their sole pre-occupation being as to which of the Greek isles they themselves will be sent as captives.

1955 Times 10 May 18/5 Of the various classes of risk written in the accident department, motor insurance continues to be the main pre-occupation.

1982 P. Fitzgerald At Freddie's vi. 42 Gradually the class returned to their preoccupations, exactly as they had before he came into the room.

2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 May 40/1 War has been a preoccupation of historians since Thucydides.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preoccupation
释义	preoccupationn. Brit. /prɪˌɒkjᵿˈpeɪʃn/, /ˌpriːɒkjᵿˈpeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpriˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s–1700s praeoccupation, 1600s– preoccupation. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French préoccupation; Latin praeoccupātiōn-, praeoccupātiō. Etymology: < Middle French, French préoccupation care, concern (1486 in an isolated attestation; subsequently from 1835), action of meeting an objection beforehand (1547), state of being preoccupied by a preconceived idea, prejudice (1580), state of being preoccupied or engrossed by something (1733) and its etymon classical Latin praeoccupātiōn-, praeoccupātiō act of seizing in advance, in post-classical Latin also anticipation, prolepsis, prejudice (5th cent. in Augustine) < praeoccupāt- , past participial stem of praeoccupāre preoccupate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Italian preoccupazione (14th cent.). Compare preoccupy v. †1. The meeting of objections beforehand; spec. (Rhetoric) a figure of speech in which objections are anticipated and prevented; anticipation, prolepsis. Obsolete.In quots. 1538 and 1552, erroneously explained as equivalent to paralipsis (see paralipsis n.), apparently by confusing this with prolepsis. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > anticipation preventing1530 preoccupation1552 anticipation1553 antedate1573 prolepsis1578 forestalment1611 forestalling1641 precourse1678 pre-echo1781 pre-empting1857 previousness1881 proaction1953 proactivity1965 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > anticipation > of opponent's objections preoccupation1552 prevention1571 procatalepsis1577 prolepsis1580 presumptuous1589 preventer1589 propounder1589 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Pręoccupatio, a fygure in Rhetorike, whan we will saye that we will not tell a thinge, and yet therby couertly we wil declare the matter, or make it suspected.] 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Preoccupation..is also a certayne fygure in rethorycke, or a darke speakynge, as when we wyll saye, I wyll not tell all (etc.). 1560 W. Painter tr. W. Fulke Antiprognosticon Ded. sig. Aii^v Our familiaritie is suche, that neyther we haue neede of preoccupation, nor yet of many wordes in vtteryng our requeste. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ii. viii. 30 They preuent vs with a figure. [Margin] Prolepsis or Præoccupation. 1611 W. Sclater Key to Key of Script. 386 The words haue in them a preoccupation, of what might be obiected against the former doctrine. 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 64 By waie..of obviation, prævention, præoccupation and anticipation. †2. Mental prepossession leading to a particular disposition or tendency; bias, prejudice; influence; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [noun] forejudging1571 preoccupation1572 prejudicateness1603 prejudicacy1608 forestalment1611 prepossession1638 anticipation1640 prejudice1643 biasedness1667 prevention1671 engagement1689 prejudgement1799 strabismus1844 parti pris1860 1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth ii. f. 86^v The chief of these two Machiauellians..intruded himself by preoccupation into her presence and seruice,..&..suggested vnto her certaine false feares. c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 202 Keeping youre hairt free from præoccupation [1599 preoccupation]. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 257 These [Atheists] have some preoccupation of judgement that makes their taste wallowish, and tastlesse. 1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 135 Let not your desires of promoving this great..businesse, blind you from foreseeing all sorts of preoccupations, which..you..may perchance find greater. 1696 J. Locke Lett. (1708) 156 'Tis your preoccupation in favour of me, that makes you say what you do. 1712 W. Popple Rational Catech. 70 If I could perfectly attain to that freedom from all preoccupation which you required from me. 1793 Beawes's Civil Hist. Spain & Portugal I. i. 12 To remain convinced, it will be sufficient to read the Testimonies that are alledged, unprejudiced by a Preoccupation. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) iv. xxiv. 346 Starting as we believe without pre-occupation. †3. Occupation of a place in advance; previous occupation. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [noun] > occupancy > beforehand preoccupation1658 preoccupancy1755 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Præoccupation, a possessing before hand. 1717 R. Blackmore Ess. upon Several Subj. 246 This is the bright Reward which the great Pagan Authors promis'd to themselves from their Works, while they triumph'd in the Pre-occupation of future Fame and empty Immortality. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 7. 58 The necessity of dispossessing the sensual faculties of the influence which they must naturally gain by this preoccupation of the soul. 1848 Maitland (New S. Wales) Mercury 8 Jan. (Suppl.) 1/2 Several..were resorting to the most extraordinary and even fraudulent means to secure right of possession by pre-occupation. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xii. 403 Pre-occupation has probably played an important part in checking the commingling of species. 1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 21 A change of situation took place, and Hell was filled by the couple who were excluded by pre-occupation from the other place. 4. The state or condition of being preoccupied or engrossed by something; mental absorption; an instance of this. Frequently with with. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [noun] intendance1390 intentionc1400 intensiona1619 absorption1640 immersion1647 preoccupation1788 concentration1823 engrossment1838 self-condensation1841 enchainment1849 submergence1872 immersal1901 absorbency1974 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [noun] amusement1663 reverie1690 abstractedness1705 absence1709 preoccupation1788 absentness1790 abstraction1791 absent-mindedness1845 misadvertence1870 not-thereness1902 la-la land1979 1788 New Sylph 40 His conversation, which had hitherto been so delightful to me, was now, from the preoccupation of my mind, become a burden. 1814 F. Burney Wanderer IV. viii. lxxi. 245 The beautiful Gothic structure before her..was nearly lost to her sight, from the misery and pre-occupation of her mind. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. viii. i. 264 The preoccupation of men's minds with this absorbing subject. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. xiv. 290 The stamp of gravity and intellectual preoccupation in his face and bearing. 1883 T. H. Green Proleg. Ethics §297 To be always fingering one's motives is a sign..of an unwholesome preoccupation with self. 1922 J. Galsworthy Forsyte Saga I. ii. x. 235 Young Jolyon pondered this letter so long and seriously that his wife noticed his preoccupation, and asked him what was the matter. 1961 Guardian 17 May 8/5 We should not allow a preoccupation with psychosomatic illness..to blind us to the advances..in the treatment of somato-psychic disorders. 1982 R. Grudin Time & Art of Living xi.182 What is to be avoided is preoccupation—..the nervous escape from thought to thought, the scratching and hair-fluffing, the short circuit of distraction. 2003 Nature 28 Aug. 981/1 Society's increasing preoccupation with looks is fuelling a booming business in cosmetic drugs. 5. An occupation that takes precedence over all others; a subject or matter that engrosses a person and dominates his or her thoughts. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > which takes precedence preoccupation1844 priority1936 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > occupation or preoccupation preoccupation1844 bag1960 1844 tr. J. Janin in Monthly Rev. May 17 The sole preoccupation of the entire city was to know if it could talk a little better the next day than the day before. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vi. 166 The first preoccupation of every Greek who visited Olympia, was to see the statue of Zeus. 1883 Manch. Guard. 13 Oct. 7/2 The fixed preoccupation of our agents on the spot..is to maintain the peace. 1912 E. K. Francis tr. J. Keble Lect. on Poetry 1832–41 II. xxix. 233 The Maiden Chorus bursts forth with some light, youthful strain, their sole pre-occupation being as to which of the Greek isles they themselves will be sent as captives. 1955 Times 10 May 18/5 Of the various classes of risk written in the accident department, motor insurance continues to be the main pre-occupation. 1982 P. Fitzgerald At Freddie's vi. 42 Gradually the class returned to their preoccupations, exactly as they had before he came into the room. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 May 40/1 War has been a preoccupation of historians since Thucydides. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1552
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