obsessionn.

Brit.

/əbˈsɛʃn/, U.S.

/əbˈsɛʃ(ə)n/,

/ɑbˈsɛʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– obsession, 1600s absession (transmission error).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French obsession; Latin obsessiōn-, obsessiō.

Etymology: < Middle French, French obsession (1470 in sense 1, 1590 in sense 2, 1799 in sense 3a, 1866 in sense 3b) and its etymon classical Latin obsessiōn-, obsessiō the action of besieging, a siege < obsess- , past participial stem of obsidēre obside v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.The word apparently became obsolete at the end of the 17th cent. and was revived in the 19th cent. (compare obsess v.).

†1. The action of besieging a place; a siege. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun]

sieginga1382

besieging1382

siegec1385

pursuitc1425

obsidionc1429

assizec1430

assieginga1450

sitting down1495

obsession1548

besiege1552

besiegement1564

assiegement1577

investion1590

investing1597

beleaguering1603

blocking1637

investiture1649

blockade1659

begirting1660

investment1702

beleaguerment1826

1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xlix^v They whiche were in the castell..sente also to the Earle of Richemonde, to aduertise hym of their sodeine obsession.

1638 J. Penkethman Artachthos sig. Kiv^v Famine, occasioned through the Enemies obsession, or strict siege.

1692 C. Gildon Post-boy rob'd of his Mail I. lv. 174 Grave therefore by common consent was deputed for the delivery of Summer, from the obsession of Quality, and restore us to our pleasant Enquiries.

2. The control, actuation, or tormenting of a person from without by an evil spirit; the fact of being so controlled or affected; an instance of this. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > possession by

wood dreameOE

demoniacal possession1601

possession1601

obsession1607

pythonism1654

demoniac possession1698

endiablementa1734

endemoniasm1751

demon possession1838

demonic possession1853

spirit possession1854

bedevilment1861

diabolepsy1886

1607 B. Jonson Volpone v. xii. sig. N3 Graue Fathers, he is possest..nay, if there be possession, And obsession, he has both.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 190 To give them up to the power of Satan..to possesse, and really inhabite them, or by obsession to move, actuate and enspire them.

1696 J. Aubrey Miscellanies 156 Her fits and obsessions seem to be greater, for she Scrieches in a most Hellish tone.

a1847 A. R. Vinet Pastoral Theol. (1853) 295 Some cases may suggest the idea of possession or obsession as the cause, and I am not sure that this idea should be repelled.

1875 C. Nordhoff Communistic Societies U.S. 134 We are thoroughly convinced of spirit communication and interpositions, spirit guidance and obsession.

1908 Catholic Encycl. at Demonical possession The very fact of obsession or possession produced these diseases as a natural consequence.

a. An idea, image, or influence which continually fills or troubles the mind; a compulsive interest or preoccupation; the fact or state of being troubled or preoccupied in this way.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > as by an evil spirit

obsessing1665

obsession1680

1680 R. L'Estrange Seasonable Memorial 27 Never was any Nation..under such an Absession of Credulity and Blindness.

1852 Fraser's Mag. 45 248 Beset..by foreign, by back-stairs, and domestic influences, by obsessions at home and abroad.

1893 H. Crackanthorpe Wreckage 99 The thought of death began to haunt him till it became a constant obsession.

1916 G. B. Shaw Androcles & Lion Pref. p. lxxviii The mass of mankind..are concerned almost to obsession with sex.

1955 R. Church Over Bridge (1956) xii. 156 My increasing obsession with words.

1991 Face Feb. 16/1 For all its skewed imagery of sexual obsession and urban corruption, the American film noir of the Forties retained a formal purity.

b. Psychology. A recurrent, intrusive, inappropriate thought, impulse, or image causing significant distress or disturbance to social or occupational functioning; (also) the condition characterized by having such thoughts, impulses, or images.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > other mental illnesses

neurosis1783

mutism1824

Americanitis1882

lata1884

miryachit1884

negativism1892

obsession1892

ressentiment1896

resentment1899

pseudologia1903

echopraxia1904

complex1907

pseudo-homosexuality1908

regression1910

kleptolagnia1917

sadomasochism1919

poriomania1921

superiority complex1921

martyr complex1926

rejection1931

nemesism1938

acting out1945

catathymia1949

elective mutism1950

psychosyndrome1965

panic attack1966

Munchausen syndrome by proxy1977

Polle syndrome1977

panic disorder1978

chronic factitious disorder1980

bigorexia1985

fabricated or induced illness1994

selective mutism1999

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > obsession > [noun]

obsession1892

complex1907

1892 D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. II. 866/2 Impulse bears the same relation to acts which obsession does to ideas.

1901 C. A. Mercier Psychol. 368 Obsessions are extremely varied in character.

1924 J. Riviere et al. tr. S. Freud Coll. Papers I. vii. 129 Two components are found in every obsession: (1) an idea that forces itself upon the patient: (2) an associated emotional state.

1958 J. M. Argyle Relig. Behaviour xii. 165 The similarities and differences between rituals and obsessions.

1976 J. R. Smythies & L. Corbett Psychiatry Students of Med. vi. 82 These are examples of mild obsessions—unwanted thoughts and images that crowd into consciousness in spite of all attempts to keep them out.

1998 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Sept. 255/1 Orthorexia..is a physiological obsession that results in the systematic elimination of specific foods or entire food groups the sufferer believes are harmful to health.

2000 Psychiatry & Clin. Neurosci. 54 203 We diagnosed the complaint of hearing music as a symptom of obsession.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	obsession
释义	obsessionn. Brit. /əbˈsɛʃn/, U.S. /əbˈsɛʃ(ə)n/, /ɑbˈsɛʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– obsession, 1600s absession (transmission error). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French obsession; Latin obsessiōn-, obsessiō. Etymology: < Middle French, French obsession (1470 in sense 1, 1590 in sense 2, 1799 in sense 3a, 1866 in sense 3b) and its etymon classical Latin obsessiōn-, obsessiō the action of besieging, a siege < obsess- , past participial stem of obsidēre obside v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.The word apparently became obsolete at the end of the 17th cent. and was revived in the 19th cent. (compare obsess v.). †1. The action of besieging a place; a siege. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] sieginga1382 besieging1382 siegec1385 pursuitc1425 obsidionc1429 assizec1430 assieginga1450 sitting down1495 obsession1548 besiege1552 besiegement1564 assiegement1577 investion1590 investing1597 beleaguering1603 blocking1637 investiture1649 blockade1659 begirting1660 investment1702 beleaguerment1826 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xlix^v They whiche were in the castell..sente also to the Earle of Richemonde, to aduertise hym of their sodeine obsession. 1638 J. Penkethman Artachthos sig. Kiv^v Famine, occasioned through the Enemies obsession, or strict siege. 1692 C. Gildon Post-boy rob'd of his Mail I. lv. 174 Grave therefore by common consent was deputed for the delivery of Summer, from the obsession of Quality, and restore us to our pleasant Enquiries. 2. The control, actuation, or tormenting of a person from without by an evil spirit; the fact of being so controlled or affected; an instance of this. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > possession by wood dreameOE demoniacal possession1601 possession1601 obsession1607 pythonism1654 demoniac possession1698 endiablementa1734 endemoniasm1751 demon possession1838 demonic possession1853 spirit possession1854 bedevilment1861 diabolepsy1886 1607 B. Jonson Volpone v. xii. sig. N3 Graue Fathers, he is possest..nay, if there be possession, And obsession, he has both. View more context for this quotation a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 190 To give them up to the power of Satan..to possesse, and really inhabite them, or by obsession to move, actuate and enspire them. 1696 J. Aubrey Miscellanies 156 Her fits and obsessions seem to be greater, for she Scrieches in a most Hellish tone. a1847 A. R. Vinet Pastoral Theol. (1853) 295 Some cases may suggest the idea of possession or obsession as the cause, and I am not sure that this idea should be repelled. 1875 C. Nordhoff Communistic Societies U.S. 134 We are thoroughly convinced of spirit communication and interpositions, spirit guidance and obsession. 1908 Catholic Encycl. at Demonical possession The very fact of obsession or possession produced these diseases as a natural consequence. 3. a. An idea, image, or influence which continually fills or troubles the mind; a compulsive interest or preoccupation; the fact or state of being troubled or preoccupied in this way. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > as by an evil spirit obsessing1665 obsession1680 1680 R. L'Estrange Seasonable Memorial 27 Never was any Nation..under such an Absession of Credulity and Blindness. 1852 Fraser's Mag. 45 248 Beset..by foreign, by back-stairs, and domestic influences, by obsessions at home and abroad. 1893 H. Crackanthorpe Wreckage 99 The thought of death began to haunt him till it became a constant obsession. 1916 G. B. Shaw Androcles & Lion Pref. p. lxxviii The mass of mankind..are concerned almost to obsession with sex. 1955 R. Church Over Bridge (1956) xii. 156 My increasing obsession with words. 1991 Face Feb. 16/1 For all its skewed imagery of sexual obsession and urban corruption, the American film noir of the Forties retained a formal purity. b. Psychology. A recurrent, intrusive, inappropriate thought, impulse, or image causing significant distress or disturbance to social or occupational functioning; (also) the condition characterized by having such thoughts, impulses, or images. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > other mental illnesses neurosis1783 mutism1824 Americanitis1882 lata1884 miryachit1884 negativism1892 obsession1892 ressentiment1896 resentment1899 pseudologia1903 echopraxia1904 complex1907 pseudo-homosexuality1908 regression1910 kleptolagnia1917 sadomasochism1919 poriomania1921 superiority complex1921 martyr complex1926 rejection1931 nemesism1938 acting out1945 catathymia1949 elective mutism1950 psychosyndrome1965 panic attack1966 Munchausen syndrome by proxy1977 Polle syndrome1977 panic disorder1978 chronic factitious disorder1980 bigorexia1985 fabricated or induced illness1994 selective mutism1999 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > obsession > [noun] obsession1892 complex1907 1892 D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. II. 866/2 Impulse bears the same relation to acts which obsession does to ideas. 1901 C. A. Mercier Psychol. 368 Obsessions are extremely varied in character. 1924 J. Riviere et al. tr. S. Freud Coll. Papers I. vii. 129 Two components are found in every obsession: (1) an idea that forces itself upon the patient: (2) an associated emotional state. 1958 J. M. Argyle Relig. Behaviour xii. 165 The similarities and differences between rituals and obsessions. 1976 J. R. Smythies & L. Corbett Psychiatry Students of Med. vi. 82 These are examples of mild obsessions—unwanted thoughts and images that crowd into consciousness in spite of all attempts to keep them out. 1998 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Sept. 255/1 Orthorexia..is a physiological obsession that results in the systematic elimination of specific foods or entire food groups the sufferer believes are harmful to health. 2000 Psychiatry & Clin. Neurosci. 54 203 We diagnosed the complaint of hearing music as a symptom of obsession. 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