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obsessionPersistently intruding thought, emotion, or impulse, often recognized by the sufferer as irrational, but nevertheless causing distress. It may be a brooding on destiny or death, or chronic doubts interfering with everyday life (such as fearing the gas is not turned off and repeatedly checking), or an impulse leading to repetitive action, such as continually washing one's hands. In obsessive-compulsive neurosis, these intrusions compel the patient to perform rituals or ceremonies, albeit reluctantly, no matter how absurd or distasteful they may seem. |
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| But the thought of him was like an obsession, ever pressing itself upon her. She was the sort of woman who was unable to realise that a man might not have her own obsession with sex; her relations with men had been purely on those lines; and she could not understand that they ever had other interests. It was an obsession so complete that there was no room in his soul for prudence or gratitude. |
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