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obsession

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Main Entry: obsession
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fixation; consumption with belief, desire

Synonyms:

attraction, ax to grind, bug in ear, case*, complex, compulsion, concrete idea, craze*, crush, delusion, enthusiasm, fancy, fascination, fetish, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, monkey*, must, neurosis, one-track mind, passion, phantom, phobia, preoccupation, something on the brain, thing*, tiger by the tail

Antonyms:

indifference
Main Entry: addiction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: a habit of activity, often injurious

Synonyms:

bag*, bent, craving, dependence, enslavement, fixation, hang-up, hook, inclination, jones, kick*, monkey on back, monkey*, obsession, shot*, sweet tooth, thing*
Notes: addiction is mainly physical while dependency is mostly psychological
Main Entry: complex
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: psychological problem

Synonyms:

a thing about something, anxiety, exaggerated reaction, fear, fixation, fixed idea, hang-up, idée fixe, insanity, mania, neurosis, obsession, phobia, preoccupation, repression
Main Entry: compulsion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: drive, obligation

Synonyms:

coercion, constraint, demand, drive, driving, duress, duty, engrossment, exigency, force, hang-up, have on the brain, monkey*, necessity, need, obsession, preoccupation, prepossession, pressure, tiger by the tail, urge, urgency

Antonyms:

free will, freedom, independence, liberty, license
Main Entry: fascination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: strong interest

Synonyms:

allure, appeal, attraction, bug*, charisma, charm, enchantment, enthrallment, glamour, grabber, hang-up, lure, magic, magnetism, obsession, piquancy, power, pull*, sorcery, spell, thing for, thing*, trance, witchcraft, witchery

Antonyms:

boredom, disinterest
Main Entry: habit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: tendency, practice

Synonyms:

addiction, assuetude, bent, bias, constitution, consuetude, convention, custom, dependence, disposition, fashion, fixation, fixed attitude, frame of mind, gravitation, groove, habitude, hangup, impulsion, inclination, make-up, manner, mannerism, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, quirk, routine, rule, rut, second nature, set, style, susceptibility, thing*, turn, usage, use, way, weakness, wont
Main Entry: hang-up
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: preoccupation

Synonyms:

block, difficulty, dilemma, disturbance, impasse, inhibition, obsession, predicament, problem, reserve, restraint, thing
Main Entry: hobby
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pleasurable pastime

Synonyms:

amusement, art, avocation, bag*, craft, craze, distraction, diversion, divertissement, fad*, fancy, favorite occupation, fun, game, interest, kick*, labor of love, leisure activity, leisure pursuit, obsession, occupation, pet topic, play, quest, relaxation, schtick, shot, sideline, specialty, sport, thing*, vagary, weakness, whim, whimsy

Antonyms:

profession, vocation, work
Main Entry: mania
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fixation, madness

Synonyms:

aberration, ax to grind, bee in bonnet, bee, bug in ear, bug*, compulsion, craving, craze, craziness, delirium, dementia, derangement, desire, disorder, enthusiasm, fad, fancy, fascination, fetish, fixed idea, frenzy, furor, grabber, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, insanity, lunacy, monomania, obsession, on the brain, partiality, passion, preoccupation, rage, thing, tiger by the tail, tiger
Main Entry: neurosis
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mental disturbance, disorder

Synonyms:

aberration, abnormality, affliction, breakdown, compulsion, crack-up, derangement, deviation, hysteria, inhibition, insanity, instability, madness, maladjustment, mental illness, neurasthenia, obsession, personality disorder, phobia, psychological disorder, psychopathy

Antonyms:

adjustment, balance, sanity
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