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adjectivebeing, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: an obsessive fear of illness. causing an obsession. excessive, especially extremely so. nounsomeone who has an obsession or obsessions; a person who thinks or behaves in an obsessive manner. Origin of obsessiveFirst recorded in 1910–15; obsess(ion) + -ive OTHER WORDS FROM obsessiveob·ses·sive·ly, adverbob·ses·sive·ness, nounnon·ob·ses·sive, adjectivenon·ob·ses·sive·ly, adverb non·ob·ses·sive·ness, noun Words nearby obsessiveobserve, observer, obsess, obsessed, obsession, obsessive, obsessive-compulsive, obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsidian, obsidian dating, obsidional coin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for obsessiveObsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures. How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST McCauley may have married beneath her station, but Gordon-Levitt has obsessive fans. All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Melissa Leon|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST Panicked, I reached out to hoarding experts, who often refer to any kind of obsessive digital collecting as “infomania.” I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST To his detractors, he was a half-mad paranoiac who nearly destroyed the CIA in his obsessive search for a Soviet mole. The Bizarre Tale of Ben Bradlee, JFK, and the Master Spy|Will Rahn|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Besides his obsessive preparations, Leslie introduced another tool to the bank-robbing trade —“the little joker.” The High Society Bank Robber of the 1800s|J. North Conway|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST This brings us to a form of insanity which the obsessive may well bear in mind, namely, that known as manic-depressive. Why Worry?|George Lincoln Walton, M.D. There is an urgent and obsessive need to maintain control, never to be "out of control." When You Don't Know Where to Turn|Steven J. Bartlett Retrospective worry can be absolutely eliminated from the most obsessive mind by the practice of the veteran's philosophy. Why Worry?|George Lincoln Walton, M.D. Throughout his literary activity it has an obsessive hold on his mind. Prophets of Dissent|Otto Heller The most common of these obsessive acts is washing with water (washing obsession). Totem and Taboo|Sigmund Freud
British Dictionary definitions for obsessive
adjectivepsychiatry motivated by a persistent overriding idea or impulse, often associated with anxiety and mental illness continually preoccupied with a particular activity, person, or thing nounpsychiatry a person subject to obsession a person who is continually preoccupied with a particular activity, person, or thing Derived forms of obsessiveobsessively, adverbobsessiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to obsessivemanic, distraught, compulsive, disturbed, self-absorbed, snobbish, narcissistic, subjective, boastful, pompous, selfish, stubborn, single-minded, narrow-minded, frenzied, zealous, impassioned, enthusiastic, violent, bigoted Medical definitions for obsessive
adj.Of, characteristic of, or causing an obsession. Other words from obsessiveob•ses′sive n.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |