as in obsession
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
the future entomologist's preoccupation with insects from a very early age
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Diet monitoring apps were linked to intentionally self-regulating caloric intake (dietary restraint), a preoccupation with food, and eating concerns.
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New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2025
But Rankin also knows that language is a Canadian preoccupation.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
That’s also very much a preoccupation of many of the Iranian poetic films that our movie references.
—Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 12 Feb. 2025
Trump would seem to share few of the habits or preoccupations of the wellness influencers, and yet their project is in synch with his own.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
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New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2025
But Rankin also knows that language is a Canadian preoccupation.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
That’s also very much a preoccupation of many of the Iranian poetic films that our movie references.
—Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 12 Feb. 2025
Trump would seem to share few of the habits or preoccupations of the wellness influencers, and yet their project is in synch with his own.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Preoccupation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preoccupation. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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