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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•sess•ive /ɑbˈsɛsɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - of, being, or resembling an obsession:an obsessive fear of disease.
- possessed or tending to be possessed by obsessions:an obsessive personality.
ob•sess•ive•ly, adv. See -sess-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•ses•sive (əb ses′iv),USA pronunciation adj. - being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession:an obsessive fear of illness.
- causing an obsession.
- excessive, esp. extremely so.
n. - someone who has an obsession or obsessions;
a person who thinks or behaves in an obsessive manner.
- obsess(ion) + -ive 1910–15
ob•ses′sive•ly, adv. ob•ses′sive•ness, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: obsessive /əbˈsɛsɪv/ adj - motivated by a persistent overriding idea or impulse, often associated with anxiety and mental illness
- continually preoccupied with a particular activity, person, or thing
n - a person subject to obsession
- a person who is continually preoccupied with a particular activity, person, or thing
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