Preoccupation Definition

prē-ŏkyə-pāshən
preoccupations
noun
preoccupations
The state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect.
American Heritage
A preoccupying or being preoccupied, esp. mentally.
Webster's New World
Something, as an idea, which preoccupies one.
Webster's New World

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

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Noun

Singular:
preoccupation
Plural:
preoccupations

Origin of Preoccupation

Preoccupation Sentence Examples

  • This preoccupation with him was becoming an obsession that was beginning to affect her ability to take care of the house.

  • Weakness in artillery was Cadorna's main preoccupation for many days.

  • But under the influence of Thomas Thomson (1773-1852), the professor of chemistry, he developed a taste for experimental science and especially for molecular physics, a subject which formed his main preoccupation throughout his life.

  • Her cheeks flushed again and in her desperate search for something to explain her preoccupation, she plunged into the subject of the curtains.

  • The main preoccupation of all these popes was how best to repair the injury done to orthodox Europe and to Rome by the destruction of the Latin Empire.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRE

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With P and Ending With N

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13 Letter Words13 Letter Words Starting With P13 Letter Words Ending With N