preoccupation

preoccupation
Synonyms and related words:
Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absentmindedness, absorbed attention, absorption, abstractedness, abstraction, abulia, adoption, adverse possession, alienation, alodium, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, application, appropriation, arrogation, assiduity, assiduousness, assumption, bemusement, brown study, bulldog tenacity, burgage, castle-building, catatonic stupor, claim, close study, colonization, colony, complex, compulsion, concentration, conquest, constancy, contemplation, contemplativeness, daydream, daydreamer, daydreaming, de facto, de jure, deep study, deep thought, dejection, dependency, depression, depth of thought, derivative title, detachment, diligence, dogged perseverance, doggedness, dream, dreaming, elation, emotionalism, endurance, engagement, engrossment, enslavement, euphoria, fantasy, fantasying, fascination, fee fief, fee position, fee simple, fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional, fee simple defeasible, fee simple determinable, fee tail, feodum, feud, fidelity, fiefdom, fit of abstraction, fixation, fixed idea, folie du doute, frankalmoign, free socage, freehold, gavelkind, hang-up, having title to, hold, holding, hypercathexis, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, idee fixe, immersion, indefatigability, indent, indifference, industriousness, industry, insensibility, insistence, insistency, intentness, involvement, irresistible impulse, knight service, lay fee, lease, leasehold, legal claim, legal possession, lethargy, loyalty, mandate, mania, meditation, melancholia, melancholy, mental distress, monomania, mooning, moonraking, morbid drive, muse, musefulness, musing, muted ecstasy, obsession, obsessive compulsion, obstinacy, occupancy, occupation, original title, owning, pathological indecisiveness, patience, patience of Job, pensiveness, permanence, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, pipe dream, pipe-dreaming, plodding, plugging, possessing, possession, preemption, preoccupancy, prepossession, prescription, profound thought, property, property rights, proprietary rights, psychalgia, psychomotor disturbance, rapt attention, reflectiveness, relentlessness, requisition, resolution, reverie, ruling passion, sedulity, sedulousness, seisin, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, socage, speculativeness, squatting, stability, stamina, stargazing, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, stubbornness, studiousness, study, stupor, subjugation, sublease, submersion, takeover, taking over, tenaciousness, tenacity, tenancy, tenantry, tenure, tenure in chivalry, thoughtfulness, tic, tirelessness, title, trance, twitching, underlease, undertenancy, unremittingness, unresponsiveness, unswerving attention, usucapion, usurpation, villein socage, villeinhold, villenage, wistfulness, withdrawal, woolgathering

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  • préoccupation — [ preɔkypasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1486; lat. præoccupatio→ préoccuper 1 ♦ Souci, inquiétude qui occupe l esprit. ⇒ 1. souci. Leur préoccupation majeure. Des préoccupations d avenir. Avoir de graves préoccupations. « La comtesse de Champcenais avait des… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • preoccupation — Preoccupation. s. f. v. Prevention d esprit. Juger sans preoccupation. quand il y a de la preoccupation, on ne juge pas bien des choses. libre de toute preoccupation …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Preoccupation — Pre*oc cu*pa tion, n. [L. praeoccupatio: cf. F. pr[ e]occupation.] 1. The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession. [1913 Webster] 2. Anticipation of objections. [R.] South. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • preoccupation — I noun absorbed interest, absorption, abstraction, attentiveness, concentration, daydreaming, deep study, depth of thought, devotion, distraction, dreaminess, engrossment, enthrallment, fascination, fixation, fixed idea, idee fixe, immersion,… …   Law dictionary

  • préoccupation — PRÉOCCUPATION: Est d autant plus vive qu étant profondément absorbé, on reste immobile …   Dictionnaire des idées reçues

  • preoccupation — (n.) 1550s, state of occupying beforehand, from L. praeoccupationem (nom. praeoccupatio) a seizing beforehand, anticipation, noun of action from pp. stem of praeoccupare, from prae before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + occupare seize (see OCCUPY (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • preoccupation — Preoccupation, Occupatio, Anticipatio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • preoccupation — ► NOUN 1) the state of being preoccupied. 2) a matter that preoccupies someone …   English terms dictionary

  • preoccupation — [prē äk΄yo͞o pā′shən, prē äk΄yəpā′shən] n. [L praeoccupatio] 1. a preoccupying or being preoccupied, esp. mentally 2. something, as an idea, which preoccupies one …   English World dictionary

  • préoccupation — (pré o ku pa sion ; en vers, de six syllabes) s. f. 1°   Terme de droit. Action d occuper antérieurement à un autre. •   La préoccupation engendre la propriété, CAPPEAU Comp. des Alpines, p. 140. 2°   État d une personne dont l esprit est tout… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • PRÉOCCUPATION — s. f. Disposition d un esprit tellement occupé d un seul objet, qu il ne peut faire attention à aucun autre. Il est dans une telle préoccupation d esprit, que vous lui parleriez en vain d une autre affaire que de la sienne. S il vous a répondu de …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

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