obsession B2 Topic:Time US /əbˈsɛʃən/ UK /əbˈsɛʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #6614 Meanings 1 noun A state of thinking about something or someone all the time, in an unhealthy way. His obsession with money cost him his friends. 2 noun A thing or activity that someone cannot stop thinking about. Collecting old records became a real obsession for him. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a state of thinking about... fixation 2 noun · a thing or activity that... idée fixe Word family Forms obsessions Derived forms obsessionismobsessionistself-obsession Related forms obsessobsessedobsessionalobsessiveobsessively Etymology AI details From Latin obsessio (“a besieging”), from obsidere (“to besiege”); see obsess. Equivalent to obsess + -ion. Topics Time External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # obsession **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /əbˈsɛʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /əbˈsɛʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 6614 ## Meanings 1. A state of thinking about something or someone all the time, in an unhealthy way. 2. A thing or activity that someone cannot stop thinking about. ## Examples - His obsession with money cost him his friends. - Collecting old records became a real obsession for him. ## Derived Forms - obsessionism - obsessionist - self-obsession ## Related Forms - obsess - obsessed - obsessional - obsessive - obsessively ## Etymology From Latin obsessio (“a besieging”), from obsidere (“to besiege”); see obsess. Equivalent to obsess + -ion. ## AI Etymology Obsession comes from Latin obsessio (“a besieging”), from obsidere (“to besiege”); see obsess. Equivalent to obsess + -ion. Modern senses include a state of thinking about something or someone all the time, in an unhealthy way and a thing or activity that someone cannot stop thinking about. The wider word family includes derivatives such as obsessionism, obsessionist, and self-obsession and related forms such as obsess, obsessed, obsessional, and obsessive. ## Topics - Time markdown