preoccupation

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Preoccupation is a state of being focused on and engrossed in something, or the thing that you are engrossed in.

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  1. When you become obsessed with knitting, this is an example of a preoccupation with knitting.
  2. When you become obsessed with knitting, this is an example of when knitting is your new preoccupation.

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See preoccupation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a preoccupying or being preoccupied, esp. mentally
  2. something, as an idea, which preoccupies one

Origin: L praeoccupatio

See preoccupation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect.
  2. Something that preoccupies or engrosses the mind: Money was their chief preoccupation.
  3. Occupation of a place in advance; preoccupancy.

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