Associations to the word «Obsession»

Wiktionary

OBSESSION, noun. A compulsive or irrational preoccupation.
OBSESSION, noun. An unhealthy fixation.
OBSESSION, noun. Influence or control by evil spirits without possession.

Dictionary definition

OBSESSION, noun. An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly".
OBSESSION, noun. An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca