preoccupationnoun
uk/priːˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us/priːˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/[ C ] an idea or subject that someone thinks about most of the time:
My main preoccupation now is trying to keep life normal for the sake of my two boys.
[ C or U ] the state of being worried about or thinking about something most of the time:
Lately, his preoccupation with football had caused his marks at school to slip.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Continually thinking about
- absorb
- absorbed
- axe
- be devoured by sth idiom
- be hung up on sth idiom
- be wrapped up in sth/sb idiom
- devour
- fixated
- fixation
- get into sb
- have an axe to grind idiom
- have sth on the brain idiom
- mania
- nag
- obsession
- obsessive
- one-track mind
- preoccupied
- preoccupy
- prey
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