Synonyms for preoccupation
priˌɒk yəˈpeɪ ʃən, ˌpri ɒk-pre·oc·cu·pa·tion

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1. preoccupationnoun

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy

2. preoccupationnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy

3. preoccupationnoun

   the act of occupying something before someone else

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy

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1. preoccupationnoun

   an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention

   Synonyms:
   engrossment, preoccupancy, absorption

2. preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossmentnoun

   the mental state of being preoccupied by something

   Synonyms:
   preoccupancy, assimilation, concentration, engrossment, intentness, absorption, immersion, soaking up

3. preoccupancy, preoccupationnoun

   the act of taking occupancy before someone else does

   Synonyms:
   engrossment, preoccupancy, absorption

Matched Categories

1. • Cognitive State
   • Idea

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. moodle

   moodle is to daydream, which is also to stare into space.

   i moodled up a few ideas.

   Submitted by rinat on June 7, 2017  

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1. preoccupationnoun

   Synonyms:
   prepossession

2. preoccupationnoun

   Synonyms:
   abstraction, inattention, revery, musing, absence, muse, absence of mind, brown study

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1. List of paraphrases for "preoccupation":

   concern

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How to use preoccupation in a sentence?

1. Sidney Poitier:

   We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists ... in the loved one, perfection.

2. Iris Murdoch:

   Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self. To be damned is for one's ordinary everyday mode of consciousness to be unremitting agonizing preoccupation with self.

3. Eric Hoffer:

   Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunites for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.

4. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   crime has become the preoccupation of genuises in this technotyrannical twittering society. There are those who will show -a love/hate relationship with the rest of the populus.

5. Nicolas Chamfort:

   Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.