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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to preoccupation:   (150 results)

Often used in the same context:
obsession, fascination, fixation, infatuation, predilection, aversion, disinterest, ambivalence, sexlessness, bugbear, distaste, concern, unhappiness, tendency, overemphasis, enfeeblement, idealisation, centrality, impatience, epiphenomena, reticence, omnipresence, fruitlessness, compulsiveness, obsessiveness, disenchantment, pusillanimity, mystification, disdain, fecklessness, reification, disillusionment, egotism, ineffectuality, unimportance, lassitude, pompousness, monomania, peccadillos, neurosis, solipsism, proclivity, spinelessness, leitmotif, paradox, leitmotiv, idolisation, piggishness, idolization, dissatisfaction, diffidence, obliviousness, precariousness, bugaboo, deracination, prudery, penchant, animality, inconstancy, nebulousness, dubiousness, murderousness, vulgarization, fearfulness, solicitousness, intractability, fondness, lust, antipathy, indifference, reactionism, perplexity, obtuseness, hobbyhorse, squeamishness, ambiguousness, allure, narcissism, desire, banality, moralism, dichotomy, embattlement, inseparability, uninterest, latent hostility, conflation, uselessness, bipolarity, disjuncture, touchiness, standoffishness, acquisitiveness, peculiarity, idee fixe, unhealthiness, contrariness, flirtation, annoyance, idealization, jadedness, compulsion, preoccupations, anxieties, emphasis, distrust, focus, im, theme, desideratum, disquiet, interest, anxiety, concerns, glorification, obsessions, prejudice

More specific:
absentmindedness, abstractedness, abstraction, fixation, hang-up, hobbyhorse, obsession, self-absorption

Appears in the definition of:
., absent, absentminded, absentmindedness, abstracted, abstractedness, abstraction, animalism, bibliomania, fixation, hang-up, inwardness, obsession, physicality, scatology, scatty, self-absorption, think

More general:
cognitive state, idea, state of mind, thought

Synonyms:
absorption, engrossment, preoccupancy

Also try:
— Adjectives for preoccupation: major, main, constant, intense, central, chief, excessive, exclusive, obsessive, primary, current, more...

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