as in fascinations
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
her latest obsession is a movie star who she thinks is very handsome
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Recent Examples of obsessions
Based on the award-winning Los Angeles Times article by Frank Shyong, Rosemead watches as an ailing woman discovers her teenage son’s violent obsessions and must go to great lengths to protect him — and possibly others — in a race against time.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
The one with espresso angst, flannel obsessions, and a killer soundtrack featuring the likes of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and The Smashing Pumpkins?
—Chelsea Haney
october 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
Linger over the collection of horror poetry books, or listen to the shop’s podcast, Ghoulish, featuring funny conversations with filmmakers, authors, and journalists about all things spooky—think cryptids, haunted houses, and Stephen King obsessions.
—Jennifer Billock, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Remove their obsessions, and the two magicians have little personality.
—Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
On Translation Eli Rallo writes about avoiding the OB-GYN, OCD obsessions, and pretending to be okay.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Look to the other jewelry obsessions prevailing during the fall 2025 season.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
What affected me most in Lahiri’s story was the sense of time passing, the way our obsessions seem meaningless in the aftermath of tragic events (or, rather, from the larger vantage point of a life).
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Chatbots are known to validate users’ obsessions and delusions, and most of the litigation around this phenomenon has so far pertained to self-harm, as in the suits Jain has brought against OpenAI and Character Technologies.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
The one with espresso angst, flannel obsessions, and a killer soundtrack featuring the likes of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and The Smashing Pumpkins?
—Chelsea Haney
october 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
Linger over the collection of horror poetry books, or listen to the shop’s podcast, Ghoulish, featuring funny conversations with filmmakers, authors, and journalists about all things spooky—think cryptids, haunted houses, and Stephen King obsessions.
—Jennifer Billock, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Remove their obsessions, and the two magicians have little personality.
—Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
On Translation Eli Rallo writes about avoiding the OB-GYN, OCD obsessions, and pretending to be okay.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Look to the other jewelry obsessions prevailing during the fall 2025 season.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
What affected me most in Lahiri’s story was the sense of time passing, the way our obsessions seem meaningless in the aftermath of tragic events (or, rather, from the larger vantage point of a life).
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Chatbots are known to validate users’ obsessions and delusions, and most of the litigation around this phenomenon has so far pertained to self-harm, as in the suits Jain has brought against OpenAI and Character Technologies.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obsessions
Noun
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Their shared enthusiasms are utterly sexless.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
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Prior to her latest health scare, Bardot was treated for respiratory problems in 2023 after struggling to breathe due to the heat.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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Side effects may include stomach issues, headaches, and rare kidney problems from contamination.—
Sarah Anzlovar,
Verywell Health,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But these names, which signal both over-the-top satire and dramatization of extreme politics, are some of the small nods and Easter Eggs that Anderson includes in his script for One Battle After Another, which distill the preoccupations of novelist Thomas Pynchon.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
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In a cheeky aside directed at Sony Pictures Classics co-head Micheal Barker who was at the dinner, Quinn recalled how one of his preoccupations at Samuel Goldwyn had been figuring out what titles their rivals were getting access to.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Tim Robinson, who so often plays men consumed by petty fixations or compelled to take things too far, has his own fixations.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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The world Maddie lives in is populated by eccentric characters who wear their respective fixations on their sleeve.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The titillating drama explores the complexities of dominant-submissive relationships and fetishes, as Ray gets aroused by making Colin lick his boots, buy his groceries and sleep at the foot of his bed.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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The next phase of crypto's growth won't revolve around sleek marketing or speculative manias.—
Annabelle Huang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The reality is that the global network has become a transmission mechanism for all kinds of manias and panics, just as the combination of printing and literacy temporarily increased the prevalence of millenarian sects and witch crazes.—
Niall Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2017
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“Obsessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsessions. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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