preoccupation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.

   The same preoccupation with developing a conceptual framework is evident in David Blank's Venezuela: Politics in a Petroleum Republic, a modified version of Blank's early theses.

2. 2
   noun

   the act of taking occupancy before someone else does

3. 3
   noun

   the mental state of being preoccupied by something

4. 4
   noun

   an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention

5. 5
   noun

   The act of occupying something before someone else.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupātiō. By surface analysis, pre- + occupation or preoccupy + -ation.